If you have to conduct layoffs, which is always a regrettable thing, there's kind of three things that are very important. One… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Companies hire a lot during boom times because they're trying to adequately accelerate into the future. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What makes the meaning of life is people, so you try to be good to people immediately around you and in your… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Most often I am only interested in an idea if it's going to get hundreds of millions of users. That's the scale… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Managing risk is a key variable, frankly, all aspects of life, business is just one of them, and one of the things… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As an entrepreneur and investor, I prioritize construction and collaboration. Whether it's a five-person start-up or a global giant, the companies that are most… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
In software speed to market, speed to learning is really key. In hardware if you screw it up you are dead. So accuracy really… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Stockpiling facts won’t get you anywhere. What will get you somewhere is being able to access the information you need, when you need it.” — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
I think the randomness by Donald Trump's governing, by tweeting, sloganeering, attacking, will create great chaos in the entire market. I think people will… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they’re doing as something that’s going to be the whole world. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Giving birth to something that could possibly change the lives of millions of people for possibly decades, hundreds of years, whatever the length of… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
First mover Advantage doesn't go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
