Reid Hoffman

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.

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.

based on, well, I was in the game, I was learning, and I saw this new opportunity that emerged from a market, a technology, a set of things with competitors, and I moved towards that. Like for example, Google, its theory of when it launched its site was we're gonna sell enterprise search. That's our theory of the game. Then they saw, and then, oh, it's not working.

based on, well, I was in the game, I was learning, and I saw this new opportunity that emerged from a market, a technology, a set of things with competitors, and I moved towards that. Like for example, Google, its theory of when it launched its site was we're gonna sell enterprise search. That's our theory of the game. Then they saw, and then, oh, it's not working.

based on, well, I was in the game, I was learning, and I saw this new opportunity that emerged from a market, a technology, a set of things with competitors, and I moved towards that. Like for example, Google, its theory of when it launched its site was we're gonna sell enterprise search. That's our theory of the game. Then they saw, and then, oh, it's not working.

based on, well, I was in the game, I was learning, and I saw this new opportunity that emerged from a market, a technology, a set of things with competitors, and I moved towards that. Like for example, Google, its theory of when it launched its site was we're gonna sell enterprise search. That's our theory of the game. Then they saw, and then, oh, it's not working.

based on, well, I was in the game, I was learning, and I saw this new opportunity that emerged from a market, a technology, a set of things with competitors, and I moved towards that. Like for example, Google, its theory of when it launched its site was we're gonna sell enterprise search. That's our theory of the game. Then they saw, and then, oh, it's not working.

And, you know, part of the thing is you want to be, to some degree, the best entrepreneurs, the people who recruit and bring around them the most amazing teams who work with them for a long time. And actually, obviously, part of the thing is the truism tends to be hire slow, fire fast. hire slow, you can see how, you know, whether that works.

And, you know, part of the thing is you want to be, to some degree, the best entrepreneurs, the people who recruit and bring around them the most amazing teams who work with them for a long time. And actually, obviously, part of the thing is the truism tends to be hire slow, fire fast. hire slow, you can see how, you know, whether that works.

And, you know, part of the thing is you want to be, to some degree, the best entrepreneurs, the people who recruit and bring around them the most amazing teams who work with them for a long time. And actually, obviously, part of the thing is the truism tends to be hire slow, fire fast. hire slow, you can see how, you know, whether that works.

And, you know, part of the thing is you want to be, to some degree, the best entrepreneurs, the people who recruit and bring around them the most amazing teams who work with them for a long time. And actually, obviously, part of the thing is the truism tends to be hire slow, fire fast. hire slow, you can see how, you know, whether that works.

And, you know, part of the thing is you want to be, to some degree, the best entrepreneurs, the people who recruit and bring around them the most amazing teams who work with them for a long time. And actually, obviously, part of the thing is the truism tends to be hire slow, fire fast. hire slow, you can see how, you know, whether that works.

Oh, our backup plan is to put double-click ads on top of it. Oh, shit, the whole ad market went. What do we do? Oh, now we end at AdWords. And they pivoted from enterprise to consumer and then consumer to using elements that they'd seen from the market, but inventing their own version of how to make a really powerful business.

Oh, our backup plan is to put double-click ads on top of it. Oh, shit, the whole ad market went. What do we do? Oh, now we end at AdWords. And they pivoted from enterprise to consumer and then consumer to using elements that they'd seen from the market, but inventing their own version of how to make a really powerful business.

Oh, our backup plan is to put double-click ads on top of it. Oh, shit, the whole ad market went. What do we do? Oh, now we end at AdWords. And they pivoted from enterprise to consumer and then consumer to using elements that they'd seen from the market, but inventing their own version of how to make a really powerful business.

Oh, our backup plan is to put double-click ads on top of it. Oh, shit, the whole ad market went. What do we do? Oh, now we end at AdWords. And they pivoted from enterprise to consumer and then consumer to using elements that they'd seen from the market, but inventing their own version of how to make a really powerful business.

Oh, our backup plan is to put double-click ads on top of it. Oh, shit, the whole ad market went. What do we do? Oh, now we end at AdWords. And they pivoted from enterprise to consumer and then consumer to using elements that they'd seen from the market, but inventing their own version of how to make a really powerful business.

If you're really going to hire slow, you better be hiring all the time so that your pace of hiring isn't matched. Not like, oh, I need a person now. I'm going to start looking. It's like, I start recruiting for people I think I'm going to need six to 12 months from now today, as an instance. And so that team sport is really important, but it's not just the employees.

If you're really going to hire slow, you better be hiring all the time so that your pace of hiring isn't matched. Not like, oh, I need a person now. I'm going to start looking. It's like, I start recruiting for people I think I'm going to need six to 12 months from now today, as an instance. And so that team sport is really important, but it's not just the employees.

If you're really going to hire slow, you better be hiring all the time so that your pace of hiring isn't matched. Not like, oh, I need a person now. I'm going to start looking. It's like, I start recruiting for people I think I'm going to need six to 12 months from now today, as an instance. And so that team sport is really important, but it's not just the employees.