Quotes from Reid Hoffman

The world's better off the more Silicon Valleys there are and the more scaled companies there are.

When you're doing work you care about, you are able to work harder and better.

For me, the ethical arguments that resonate strongest are the ones that oppose the death penalty.

No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.

There are opportunities that you get during crises times. Crises times are a great time to start a business.

All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.

An entrepreneur is someone who will jump off a cliff and assemble an airplane on the way down.

If you contrast the productivity that comes from a networked or capitalist distribution of resources versus a centralized planning system, frequently referred to as communism or socialism, the network approach does much better when it's applied accurately.

Each year, I ask, 'Now that I have this knowledge, these resources, what can I do?'

I do think there are some irreducible inefficiencies in government. But we still need to have government; we still need to make government effective if we can.

Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.

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.