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Reid Hoffman Biography

Reid Garrett Hoffman CBE (born August 5, 1967) is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author. Hoffman was the co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is currently a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners. On the Forbes 2017 list of the world's billionaires, Hoffman was ranked #630 with a net worth of US$3.3 billion.

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If I ever hear a founder talk about oh this is how I have a balanced life so on and so forth - they're not committed to winning.

Winning, Committed, Founders, Founder, Life, Forth

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.

Jobs, People, Get Better, Information, Insights, Active

Great opportunities almost never fit your schedule.

Fit, Opportunities, Opportunity, Schedule, Schedules

I think Hillary [Clinton] hears the anger in a broad swath of the American people, and she says, "OK, how do I help create a future that's good for you?"

Helping, Hillary, People, Says, Swath, Thinking

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.

Competition, Found, Hiring, Partnership, Right, Swings

Managing risk is a key variable, frankly, all aspects of life, business is just one of them, and one of the things that most people do in terms of managing risk, that's actually bad thinking, is they think they can manage risk to zero. Everything has some risk to it. You know, you drive your car down the street, a drunk driver may hit you. So what you're doing is you're actually trying to get to an acceptable level of risk.

Zero, Thinking, Keys, Car, Driver, Frankly

I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all governments until you consider all the other ones.

Democracy, Government, Line, People, Thinking

The underpinnings of the alliance: the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform.

Careers, Alliances, Helping, Alliance, Company, Helps

Democracy is always frustrating.

Democracy, Frustrating

I wish to be focused on kind of the business stuff I'm doing, how do I contribute to our economic progress, how do I help create a future for American industry, American middle class, these kind of things. Those things actually really matter to me.

American, Helping, Industry, Kind, Progress, Wish

Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about what it is you want to be doing and where. . . you want to be going, but also be smart enough that you're essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.

Entries, Essentially, Listening, Smart, Think, Thinking

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.

People, Littles, Realistic, Appeals, Entrepreneurial, Assets

The challenge when you think about product distribution is: how are you competing for potential customers or potential members time.

Challenges, Distribution, Members, Product, Thinking

The value of being connected and transparent is so high that the roadbumps of privacy issues are much lower in actual experience than people's fears.

Issues, People, Social Media, Experience, Transparent, Roadbumps

So usually you have to have product distribution as more fundamental than what the actual product is.

Actual, Distribution, Fundamentals, Product, Products, Usually

Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.

Ego, Greed, Linkedin, Sloth

It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

Nice, Impact, World Suffering, World, Thing, Having

Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.

Ideas, Needs, Realizing, Strategy, Realize

Make sure a certain percentage of the people that you're hiring are generalists so that you can be, kind of reconfigured in the workforce pretty easily.

Be Kind, Hiring, People, Percentage, Percentages, Reconfigured

By 2030 over 2 billion jobs will disappear.

2030, Billion, Billions, Disappear, Jobs

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