I think I have a good track record, both in commercial investing and in philanthropic investing. I don’t have any interest in creating a named foundation; I have an interest in really good impact for capital. I think I’m pretty good at doing it, so I’m going to apply myself to doing it in my lifetime. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
One of the things that happens that’s challenging within the democratic process is that people say, ‘Look at this failure, so we should totally change this whole thing.’ And then you add in tons of bureaucratic process and checks and balances, and all of a sudden, it doesn’t work that well. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
I do think there are some irreducible inefficiencies in government. But we still need to have government; we still need to make government effective if we can. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
The opportunity to build an enduring product far outweighs the cost of alienating a few users along the way. And the sooner you internalize that trade-off, the faster you’ll move along the path to scale. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
A startup, to a some degree, is a set of those challenges of, ‘If you don’t solve this, you’re dead.’ Reid Hoffman Read Quote
If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
And people who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don’t. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. 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 Read Quote
I get energy from one-on-one conversations most often, and I lose energy from group conversations most often. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
