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Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Founder: It’s Time To Quit Your Job When You Feel This! Selling LinkedIn For $26 Billion Taught Me This About Life! Trump Is Going To Punish Me!

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Dec 16, 2024
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Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and early investor in companies like Airbnb and Facebook, shares his insights on success and entrepreneurship. He discusses the misconception that passion alone leads to achievement and delves into the impactful dynamics of the PayPal Mafia. Reid reflects on stepping back from LinkedIn, the entrepreneurial qualities needed in today's landscape, and the shifting nature of AI. He emphasizes fostering strong professional relationships and the importance of self-awareness as an entrepreneur.
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ADVICE

Embrace Risk, Not Avoid Failure

  • Understand that achieving optimistic futures requires embracing risks, not avoiding failures.
  • Build rare, teachable entrepreneurial skills.
INSIGHT

Humanity, Technology, and Silicon Valley

  • Reid Hoffman's success stems from his passion for humanity's future and technology's role in it.
  • Growing up in Silicon Valley provided exposure to technology's world-changing potential.
ANECDOTE

Early Strategic Thinking

  • At age 10, Reid Hoffman began playing strategy-focused board games, developing problem-solving skills.
  • He got his first paycheck at 12 for editing a game after persistently hanging out at the game maker's office.
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