“World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories.” WorldNeedsTheoryAccurate Author:Reid Hoffman
“[Hillary Clinton] is also smart, she talks to people, she hears, and she says, "OK, I need to update, we need some much bigger changes."” PeopleNeedsSmartBiggerClintonUpdates Author:Reid Hoffman
“We understand that most of the middle class doesn't know what to do, doesn't feel like they have economic progress, and [Hillary Clinton] goes, "OK, I realize that's my top agenda item. That's the thing I need to do."” KnowsNeedsFeelsRealizingClassProgressEconomicMiddleClintonMiddle ClassAgendasItemsEconomic Progress Author:Reid Hoffman
“Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating kind of software that could help change the lives of millions of people. And basically what I did is I kind of went, okay, well, I need a set of titles and I need a checklist of skills, and I ran through all that, and that wasn't a useless thing, but what I didn't realize, and, you know, and no one gave me the right advice for doing this, is that actually your network, in essentially, is your career.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsKindMadeHelpingWantedRealizingMistakeCareersMillionsAdviceSkillsCreatingOkayUselessTitlesRanSoftwareBiggest MistakeChecklistsUseless Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is recognize that there's turbulent times, plan for, you know, bad luck as well as good luck, keep people focused on what the key, you know, business wins are, and you know, provide the energy that people always need in order to, you know, to go into battle because, you know, work is hard and go into work and do that well. And provide a good leadership beacon for that. In other words, it's the same thing that makes good leadership in any other time.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsHardOrderGamesWinningEnergyPlansKeysBattleLuckFocusedCeoGood LuckBad LuckGood LeaderBeaconsGood LeadershipKey ThingsTurbulent Times Author:Reid Hoffman
“Because in our boom times, everything is growing, usually, you know, the kind of things that come to mind are Wild, Wild, West, or land grabs, you know, these sorts of things, in order to make something, you know, kind of to grow into the future and to get all the growth that you need to have. So you tend to hire a lot because you're running fast to the future.” KnowsNeedsMindKindRunningOrderGrowsGrowthGrowingLandWestWild WestRunning FastWild Wild West Author:Reid Hoffman
“Boom and bust cycles are very difficult for businesses because you're hiring a bunch because you're planning for the future. And if the future is going to be very big, you need to hire people, or suddenly you go to boom to bust, then all of a sudden, you're kind of battening down the hatches and trying to sail, you know, through the storm, it's a different thing. So part of it is making good decisions about, well, how long is a boom cycle going to be, you know, don't plan on it going forever.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsTryingWellsKindLongDifferentBigsDifficultDecisionForeverPlansStormPlanningBunchDifferent ThingsCyclesBe YouSailHiringFuture PlansGood DecisionThrough The Storm Author:Reid Hoffman
“People generally worry about social networking more than they need to. In kind of consumer internet investing and on social and professional networks, I kind of look at time spending and time efficiency. You know, time saving sites. So on time spending sites, things where you play lots of games or that sort of thing, you might worry about a productivity loss if people are spending a lot of time doing that. So if there's a lot of kind of addictive gaming going on during work hours, that won't be as helpful to you.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsLooksKindPlayMightGamesSocialHoursLossWorryInternetInvestingSpendingProductivitySavingConsumersHelpfulEfficiencySiteNetworkingSocial NetworkingSocial NetworkGaming Author:Reid Hoffman
“I think we realized the depth of frustration through the current political process. So we said, "OK, we know there's a serious problem here, we know we need to work on it," and now it's "Oh, we need to work on it a lot faster."” ThinkingKnowsNeedsSaidProblemPoliticalProcessSeriousDepthCurrentsFasterFrustration Author:Reid Hoffman
“Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you - as entrepreneurs do.” NeedsDreamBusinessPlansEntrepreneurInspirational Career Author:Reid Hoffman
“Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.” NeedsIdeasRealizingStrategyGood Ideas Author:Reid Hoffman
“A product needs to be sufficiently innovative to distinguish itself from the pack, but not so forward thinking as to alienate the user.” ThinkingNeedsProductsUsersPacksInnovativeForward Thinking Author:Reid Hoffman
“Success...is no longer a simple ascension of steps. You need to climb sideways and sometimes down, and sometimes you need to swing from the jungle gym and establish your own turf somewhere else on the playground.” NeedsSometimesSimpleStepsDown AndClimbsGymSwingsJungleSomewhere ElsePlaygroundsSidewaysAscensionTurf Author:Reid Hoffman
