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Reid Hoffman

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Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

So when you start a business, you should think about this as a kind of probabilities of outcomes. So I did think that LinkedIn could become what it is today. I actually even think things that were could be bigger and could be on path. And you could be asking me this question in five years when I achieved a bunch of new things. And I would also say, hey, yes, this is possible.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

that I've been involved with from the early stages, whether it's personally LinkedIn and PayPal, or as an investor and board member, Airbnb, OpenAI, all of it has a theory of how does this improve human life, human work, quality of experience? How do we elevate ourselves, become more the people we aspire to be?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

that I've been involved with from the early stages, whether it's personally LinkedIn and PayPal, or as an investor and board member, Airbnb, OpenAI, all of it has a theory of how does this improve human life, human work, quality of experience? How do we elevate ourselves, become more the people we aspire to be?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

that I've been involved with from the early stages, whether it's personally LinkedIn and PayPal, or as an investor and board member, Airbnb, OpenAI, all of it has a theory of how does this improve human life, human work, quality of experience? How do we elevate ourselves, become more the people we aspire to be?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

that I've been involved with from the early stages, whether it's personally LinkedIn and PayPal, or as an investor and board member, Airbnb, OpenAI, all of it has a theory of how does this improve human life, human work, quality of experience? How do we elevate ourselves, become more the people we aspire to be?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

that I've been involved with from the early stages, whether it's personally LinkedIn and PayPal, or as an investor and board member, Airbnb, OpenAI, all of it has a theory of how does this improve human life, human work, quality of experience? How do we elevate ourselves, become more the people we aspire to be?

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Now, are we in a low probability but a high result situation? Future from when I started LinkedIn? Absolutely. You have to be rational as an entrepreneur. And part of what sometimes entrepreneurs are told, oh, ignore risk. No, no, no. Take smart risk. Manage it smartly. And so when I started, it was like, well, we could be this big.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Now, are we in a low probability but a high result situation? Future from when I started LinkedIn? Absolutely. You have to be rational as an entrepreneur. And part of what sometimes entrepreneurs are told, oh, ignore risk. No, no, no. Take smart risk. Manage it smartly. And so when I started, it was like, well, we could be this big.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Now, are we in a low probability but a high result situation? Future from when I started LinkedIn? Absolutely. You have to be rational as an entrepreneur. And part of what sometimes entrepreneurs are told, oh, ignore risk. No, no, no. Take smart risk. Manage it smartly. And so when I started, it was like, well, we could be this big.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Now, are we in a low probability but a high result situation? Future from when I started LinkedIn? Absolutely. You have to be rational as an entrepreneur. And part of what sometimes entrepreneurs are told, oh, ignore risk. No, no, no. Take smart risk. Manage it smartly. And so when I started, it was like, well, we could be this big.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

Now, are we in a low probability but a high result situation? Future from when I started LinkedIn? Absolutely. You have to be rational as an entrepreneur. And part of what sometimes entrepreneurs are told, oh, ignore risk. No, no, no. Take smart risk. Manage it smartly. And so when I started, it was like, well, we could be this big.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And, you know, there's all of these outcomes between here and there, which include not succeeding at all. that you manage your way towards, even as you have the moonshot, if you shoot for the stars, maybe sometimes you only get to the hills, right? But you have to be shooting for the earth. You have that, but you're wise about it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And, you know, there's all of these outcomes between here and there, which include not succeeding at all. that you manage your way towards, even as you have the moonshot, if you shoot for the stars, maybe sometimes you only get to the hills, right? But you have to be shooting for the earth. You have that, but you're wise about it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And, you know, there's all of these outcomes between here and there, which include not succeeding at all. that you manage your way towards, even as you have the moonshot, if you shoot for the stars, maybe sometimes you only get to the hills, right? But you have to be shooting for the earth. You have that, but you're wise about it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And, you know, there's all of these outcomes between here and there, which include not succeeding at all. that you manage your way towards, even as you have the moonshot, if you shoot for the stars, maybe sometimes you only get to the hills, right? But you have to be shooting for the earth. You have that, but you're wise about it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

And, you know, there's all of these outcomes between here and there, which include not succeeding at all. that you manage your way towards, even as you have the moonshot, if you shoot for the stars, maybe sometimes you only get to the hills, right? But you have to be shooting for the earth. You have that, but you're wise about it.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

It's part of how you create the future. Everything that we have in our lives, I mean, this podcasting stuff, these computers, these phones, all come about through entrepreneurial innovation. And it's part of how the new future is created. And it's part of how prosperity is created. It's part of how life is improved.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

It's part of how you create the future. Everything that we have in our lives, I mean, this podcasting stuff, these computers, these phones, all come about through entrepreneurial innovation. And it's part of how the new future is created. And it's part of how prosperity is created. It's part of how life is improved.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

It's part of how you create the future. Everything that we have in our lives, I mean, this podcasting stuff, these computers, these phones, all come about through entrepreneurial innovation. And it's part of how the new future is created. And it's part of how prosperity is created. It's part of how life is improved.

Young and Profiting with Hala Taha (Entrepreneurship, Sales, Marketing)
Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn Co-Founder on Building and Scaling Massively Valuable Companies Fast | Entrepreneurship | E332

It's part of how you create the future. Everything that we have in our lives, I mean, this podcasting stuff, these computers, these phones, all come about through entrepreneurial innovation. And it's part of how the new future is created. And it's part of how prosperity is created. It's part of how life is improved.