Reid Hoffman

And what happened is eBay people started using it. And I remember the first week in the conversation at PayPal was, who are these eBay people? Should we stop them from using our product? And it was like, no, no, no, those are our customers. None of these people are our customers. Those are our customers. We're going to pivot entirely towards them.

And what happened is eBay people started using it. And I remember the first week in the conversation at PayPal was, who are these eBay people? Should we stop them from using our product? And it was like, no, no, no, those are our customers. None of these people are our customers. Those are our customers. We're going to pivot entirely towards them.

But your speed of learning it and deploying it and scaling it is the game.

But your speed of learning it and deploying it and scaling it is the game.

But your speed of learning it and deploying it and scaling it is the game.

But your speed of learning it and deploying it and scaling it is the game.

But your speed of learning it and deploying it and scaling it is the game.

And so pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens. And sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI's here. And you're like, okay, I'm going to do AI. Yeah, I know I did this last 18 months of work. Maybe three months of it's recoverable because that's the opportunity.

And so pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens. And sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI's here. And you're like, okay, I'm going to do AI. Yeah, I know I did this last 18 months of work. Maybe three months of it's recoverable because that's the opportunity.

And so pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens. And sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI's here. And you're like, okay, I'm going to do AI. Yeah, I know I did this last 18 months of work. Maybe three months of it's recoverable because that's the opportunity.

And so pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens. And sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI's here. And you're like, okay, I'm going to do AI. Yeah, I know I did this last 18 months of work. Maybe three months of it's recoverable because that's the opportunity.

And so pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens. And sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI's here. And you're like, okay, I'm going to do AI. Yeah, I know I did this last 18 months of work. Maybe three months of it's recoverable because that's the opportunity.

And that pivoting towards big new opportunities is one of the things that really creates these successful businesses. Because we want to tell this heroic story where she or he had this original vision that came down from on high and they came down with the two stone tablets. And they said, I've got this vision that goes on forever. And that's the reason I'm a genius.

And that pivoting towards big new opportunities is one of the things that really creates these successful businesses. Because we want to tell this heroic story where she or he had this original vision that came down from on high and they came down with the two stone tablets. And they said, I've got this vision that goes on forever. And that's the reason I'm a genius.

And that pivoting towards big new opportunities is one of the things that really creates these successful businesses. Because we want to tell this heroic story where she or he had this original vision that came down from on high and they came down with the two stone tablets. And they said, I've got this vision that goes on forever. And that's the reason I'm a genius.

And that pivoting towards big new opportunities is one of the things that really creates these successful businesses. Because we want to tell this heroic story where she or he had this original vision that came down from on high and they came down with the two stone tablets. And they said, I've got this vision that goes on forever. And that's the reason I'm a genius.

And that pivoting towards big new opportunities is one of the things that really creates these successful businesses. Because we want to tell this heroic story where she or he had this original vision that came down from on high and they came down with the two stone tablets. And they said, I've got this vision that goes on forever. And that's the reason I'm a genius.

So obviously people are familiar with pivots because it's not working, right? And there's different ways to get to the conclusion before it totally is a train wreck. You want to make the decision that's not working before the train wreck happens, you know, change tracks, right? But one of the things that people underdescribe is a pivot to a new opportunity.

So obviously people are familiar with pivots because it's not working, right? And there's different ways to get to the conclusion before it totally is a train wreck. You want to make the decision that's not working before the train wreck happens, you know, change tracks, right? But one of the things that people underdescribe is a pivot to a new opportunity.

So obviously people are familiar with pivots because it's not working, right? And there's different ways to get to the conclusion before it totally is a train wreck. You want to make the decision that's not working before the train wreck happens, you know, change tracks, right? But one of the things that people underdescribe is a pivot to a new opportunity.