Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman
Reid Garrett Hoffmanis an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. Hoffman, with a net worth of US$4.7 billion, is ranked as #341 on the list of the world's richest people...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 August 1967
CityStanford, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The real secret of Silicon Valley is that it's really all about the people
...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees.
The underpinnings of the alliance: the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform.
Pay attention to your culture and your hires from the very beginning.
A little-known company with a realistic framework that appeals to entrepreneurial employees is going to be more attractive than a famous company that treats its people like disposable assets.
We don't celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning
It's useful to be able to recognize whether you're on track or not. To have that belief, but also paranoia about am I tracking against my investment thesis.
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.
Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it.
Trust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace.
Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.
It’s actually pretty easy to be contrarian. It’s hard to be contrarian and right.
What great founders do is seek the networks that will be essential to their task . Usually it's best to have two or three people on a team, rather than a solo founder.
Help the people in your network. And let them help you.