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“World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories.”

Quote by Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur born on August 5, 1967. He is one of the co-founders of LinkedIn, which has had a profound impact on the development of modern professional social networking. more

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