Classic Quote by Reid Hoffman

“When you have an idea, a classic entrepreneurial impulse is to hold the idea close to you and not tell people and that's almost always a mistake.”

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If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good.

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It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.

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The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.

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Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

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