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 activityentrepreneurialexplosion Change image and share on social
I actually think every individual is now an entrepreneur, whether they recognize it or not. Reid Hoffman entrepreneurindividualrecognize Change image and share on social
Everything in life has some risk, and what you have to actually learn to do is how to navigate it. Reid Hoffman learnlifenavigate Change image and share on social
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed. Reid Hoffman deadlyegofacebook Change image and share on social
I'm a little unusual: I'm a six-person-or-less extrovert. Reid Hoffman extrovertpersonunusual Change image and share on social
You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future. Reid Hoffman constantlyfutureinvest Change image and share on social
Your network is the people who want to help you, and you want to help them, and that's really powerful. Reid Hoffman networkpeoplepowerful Change image and share on social
Most often I am only interested in an idea if it's going to get hundreds of millions of users. That's the scale that I am always trying to play to. Reid Hoffman hundredideainterest Change image and share on social
Zynga is about fun. Fun is important. Fun is good. And to have the ability to do something fun for 10 or 15 minutes that's right at your fingertips and involves your friends, well, that's better than television in terms of social connectivity. Reid Hoffman abilityconnectivityfingertip share on social
MySpace is like a bar, Facebook is like the BBQ you have in your back yard with friends and family, play games, share pictures. Facebook is much better for sharing than MySpace. LinkedIn is the office, how you stay up to date, solve professional problems. Reid Hoffman backbarbbq share on social