Reid Hoffman

But the two ways that I kind of came to learn to summarize this was, one, is I perhaps never learned so much in my life except for between the ages of two and three, because you're falling over and learning it and standing back up. And then the other one is every Friday, there were things I wish I had known on Monday.

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from SocialNet, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at SocialNet,

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from SocialNet, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at SocialNet,

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from SocialNet, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at SocialNet,

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from SocialNet, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at SocialNet,

And so one of the things, I mean, there was a whole stack. Again, we could take this entire podcast, things I learned from SocialNet, things I learned from PayPal, things I learned, you know, like just each one of them. But part of the thing was basically I kind of adopted there, which I wish I'd had at SocialNet,

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

this decisioning mode where when I'm confronted with a decision, I say, can I make this decision right now? If I can make the decision right now, and by the way, usual answer is, what decision would I make? I would decide X, not Y. Is there anything that I could learn by researching, talking to people, etc., that would change from X to Y? What's the cost and time to do that?

And those things I wish I'd known weren't person X is going to return your phone call or this partnership pitch won't work out. It's literally how to play the game, what to do. And so it was a tremendous learning experience, which of course means lots of scars, tissue, and a lot of blood on the floor. And I'd say that it was, you know, in Silicon Valley terms, a failure.

And those things I wish I'd known weren't person X is going to return your phone call or this partnership pitch won't work out. It's literally how to play the game, what to do. And so it was a tremendous learning experience, which of course means lots of scars, tissue, and a lot of blood on the floor. And I'd say that it was, you know, in Silicon Valley terms, a failure.

And those things I wish I'd known weren't person X is going to return your phone call or this partnership pitch won't work out. It's literally how to play the game, what to do. And so it was a tremendous learning experience, which of course means lots of scars, tissue, and a lot of blood on the floor. And I'd say that it was, you know, in Silicon Valley terms, a failure.

And those things I wish I'd known weren't person X is going to return your phone call or this partnership pitch won't work out. It's literally how to play the game, what to do. And so it was a tremendous learning experience, which of course means lots of scars, tissue, and a lot of blood on the floor. And I'd say that it was, you know, in Silicon Valley terms, a failure.

And those things I wish I'd known weren't person X is going to return your phone call or this partnership pitch won't work out. It's literally how to play the game, what to do. And so it was a tremendous learning experience, which of course means lots of scars, tissue, and a lot of blood on the floor. And I'd say that it was, you know, in Silicon Valley terms, a failure.

We returned the investor's capital, but that was all we were able to do fundamentally.

We returned the investor's capital, but that was all we were able to do fundamentally.

We returned the investor's capital, but that was all we were able to do fundamentally.

We returned the investor's capital, but that was all we were able to do fundamentally.