"One thing I learned in '97, when I……" — Reid Hoffman
"One thing I learned in '97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it's much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later."
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49 Quotes by Reid Hoffman
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An entrepreneur is someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
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Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.
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Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurally.
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Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one.
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When you’re doing work you care about, you are able to work harder and better.
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You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges.
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One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they’re doing as something that’s going to be…
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I get energy from one-on-one conversations most often, and I lose energy from group conversations most often,
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Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful.
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