Jeremy Stoppelman started Yelp. Max Levchin started Slide. I started LinkedIn. It was a mininova explosion of folks jumping out to doing other entrepreneurial activities. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
As a child, I wondered often, ‘Why are we? What is the meaning of life?’ These questions made me realize that life is what has meaning – not just individual lives, but all of our lives. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
Broadly, the meaning of life comes from how we interact with each other. The Internet can reconfigure space so that the right people are always next to each other. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
One of the metaphors that I use for start-ups is, you throw yourself off a cliff and assemble your airplane on the way down. If you don’t solve the right problem at the right time, that’s the end. Mortality puts priorities into sharp focus. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
The key thing for me has always been how we realize the mission – enabling every professional in the world to change their own economic curve by the strength of their alliances and connections with other people. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
I really like the ‘Silicon Valley’ show. It’s good to do a little rib-poking and not take yourself too seriously, so I think it’s awesome the show does that. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
LinkedIn allows professionals, including the middle class, to invest in themselves in order to find the right jobs. That essentially can help make them prosperous. Reid Hoffman Read Quote
