Reid Hoffman
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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.
It's also the people around you. So like the advice to give entrepreneurs is not to go up to people and say, Paula, what do you love about my idea? What do you think about my idea? Because, you know, I'm kind of asking, tell me good. So what's wrong with my idea? What thing could make it break to kind of learn from it? And so having those teams built around you outside your company is
It's also the people around you. So like the advice to give entrepreneurs is not to go up to people and say, Paula, what do you love about my idea? What do you think about my idea? Because, you know, I'm kind of asking, tell me good. So what's wrong with my idea? What thing could make it break to kind of learn from it? And so having those teams built around you outside your company is
It's also the people around you. So like the advice to give entrepreneurs is not to go up to people and say, Paula, what do you love about my idea? What do you think about my idea? Because, you know, I'm kind of asking, tell me good. So what's wrong with my idea? What thing could make it break to kind of learn from it? And so having those teams built around you outside your company is
It's also the people around you. So like the advice to give entrepreneurs is not to go up to people and say, Paula, what do you love about my idea? What do you think about my idea? Because, you know, I'm kind of asking, tell me good. So what's wrong with my idea? What thing could make it break to kind of learn from it? And so having those teams built around you outside your company is
It's also the people around you. So like the advice to give entrepreneurs is not to go up to people and say, Paula, what do you love about my idea? What do you think about my idea? Because, you know, I'm kind of asking, tell me good. So what's wrong with my idea? What thing could make it break to kind of learn from it? And so having those teams built around you outside your company is
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, exactly.
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Advisors, investors, experts, industry people, et cetera, is really, really important. And that's why entrepreneurial is a team sport, is a network sport, not simply an individual sport.
Advisors, investors, experts, industry people, et cetera, is really, really important. And that's why entrepreneurial is a team sport, is a network sport, not simply an individual sport.
Advisors, investors, experts, industry people, et cetera, is really, really important. And that's why entrepreneurial is a team sport, is a network sport, not simply an individual sport.