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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

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? It was like, 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. Pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens.

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 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? It was like, 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. Pivoting towards opportunities, seeing what happens.

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 it's one of the most powerful business models that's been invented in human history so far. And so that pivoting towards opportunity is one of the things that entrepreneurs really need to keep in mind.

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 it's one of the most powerful business models that's been invented in human history so far. And so that pivoting towards opportunity is one of the things that entrepreneurs really need to keep in mind.

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 it's one of the most powerful business models that's been invented in human history so far. And so that pivoting towards opportunity is one of the things that entrepreneurs really need to keep in mind.

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 it's one of the most powerful business models that's been invented in human history so far. And so that pivoting towards opportunity is one of the things that entrepreneurs really need to keep in mind.

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 it's one of the most powerful business models that's been invented in human history so far. And so that pivoting towards opportunity is one of the things that entrepreneurs really need to keep in mind.

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

Sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI is 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.

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

Sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI is 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.

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

Sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI is 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.

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

Sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI is 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.

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

Sometimes, by the way, it's like, oh, you've been working on the software product and now AI is 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.

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

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 it's like, well, actually, in fact, a lot of things happen forever.

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

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 it's like, well, actually, in fact, a lot of things happen forever.

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

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 it's like, well, actually, in fact, a lot of things happen forever.

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

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 it's like, well, actually, in fact, a lot of things happen forever.

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

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 it's like, well, actually, in fact, a lot of things happen forever.

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

Again, we tend to tell these heroic myths of the individual entrepreneur where she or he is like, I am the person, the creator, the innovator, et cetera. And actually, in fact, all of these projects are the result of teamwork. There's almost nothing as an individual.

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

Again, we tend to tell these heroic myths of the individual entrepreneur where she or he is like, I am the person, the creator, the innovator, et cetera. And actually, in fact, all of these projects are the result of teamwork. There's almost nothing as an individual.

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

Again, we tend to tell these heroic myths of the individual entrepreneur where she or he is like, I am the person, the creator, the innovator, et cetera. And actually, in fact, all of these projects are the result of teamwork. There's almost nothing as an individual.