People Quotes by Reid Hoffman

Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurally.

— Reid Hoffman

Relatively few people should start companies.

— Reid Hoffman

The real secret of Silicon Valley is that it's really all about the people

— Reid Hoffman

Help the people in your network. And let them help you.

— Reid Hoffman

Simply writing a Ph.D. or academic book was unlikely to play much of a role in helping shape people's lives as I…

— Reid Hoffman

A networker likes to meet people. I don't. I like accomplishing things in the world. You meet people when you want to…

— Reid Hoffman

There's a lot of people in the world that would love to trade places with American citizens, and we are very fortunate…

— Reid Hoffman

People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don't.

— Reid Hoffman

[Hillary Clinton] is also smart, she talks to people, she hears, and she says, "OK, I need to update, we need some…

— Reid Hoffman

Make sure a certain percentage of the people that you're hiring are generalists so that you can be, kind of reconfigured in…

— Reid Hoffman

What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task . Usually it's best to have two…

— Reid Hoffman

I think Hillary [Clinton] hears the anger in a broad swath of the American people, and she says, "OK, how do I…

— Reid Hoffman

One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it's making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it's the people who already have…

— Reid Hoffman

We've been working for years on how we can use technology to help people make their own jobs, become entrepreneurs, create their…

— Reid Hoffman

Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that…

— Reid Hoffman

People are still very focused on the startup story: Risk-taking founders, with a bold idea, some capital and a network supportive environment,…

— Reid Hoffman

Giving birth to something that could possibly change the lives of millions of people for possibly decades, hundreds of years, whatever the…

— Reid Hoffman

A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company…

— Reid Hoffman

If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you…

— Reid Hoffman

I was never given this advice, people aren't given this advice, focus on growing and maintaining relationships for your network, and that's…

— Reid Hoffman

The other reason why people don't take a stand, which is very true in this election, is looking at [Donald] Trump and…

— Reid Hoffman

Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating…

— Reid Hoffman

Boom and bust cycles are very difficult for businesses because you're hiring a bunch because you're planning for the future. And if…

— Reid Hoffman

Most of the ethical dilemmas that I have faced have all been in the category of, you know, I know something and…

— Reid Hoffman

People generally worry about social networking more than they need to. In kind of consumer internet investing and on social and professional…

— Reid Hoffman

My greatest influences are actually probably a set of different teachers. And these teachers, most prominently at my high school, but also…

— Reid Hoffman

I think the right way to do this is just to step up and do it, so I actually think we'll see…

— Reid Hoffman

There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of…

— Reid Hoffman

Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful.

— Reid Hoffman

People are legitimately worried about Donald Trump, almost like a schoolyard bully, if I step up, am I going to be targeted,…

— Reid Hoffman

The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

— Reid Hoffman

When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and…

— Reid Hoffman

Opportunities do not float like clouds in the sky. They're attached to people. If you're looking for an opportunity, you're really looking…

— Reid Hoffman

The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience…

— Reid Hoffman

The reason the social-networking phenomenon is something that I invested in early and massively - I led the Series A financing for…

— Reid Hoffman

I'm sympathetic to the people who go, "Whoa, we'd like to have the benevolent, wise dictator. It will all work much more…

— Reid Hoffman

I think the randomness by Donald Trump's governing, by tweeting, sloganeering, attacking, will create great chaos in the entire market. I think…

— Reid Hoffman

The thing that changes your professional life, your capabilities, your learning, your understanding, your opportunity flow, your ability to make things happen,…

— Reid Hoffman

What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your…

— Reid Hoffman

One of the great strengths of American culture is this empowerment of individual, is the individual being able to be entrepreneurial, create…

— Reid Hoffman