![]() “Part of what you want to do is you want to give people as much of an opportunity as you can to be their better selves, to be to where they realize that rising above a simple narcissism or a simple very narrow self-interest and making decisions that are better for the group, because ultimately in many cases, this also helps them become better people, that helps them become better leaders.” “One of the difficult things about making decisions is it reduces opportunity in the short term, but that’s the only thing that really creates great opportunity in the long term.” He is also a partner at the venture capital firm Greylock Partners, an investor in Airbnb, the author of a series of successful business books including Masters of Scale, and the host of the podcast of the same name. Prior to founding LinkedIn, Hoffman was one of the first employees at PayPal, where he served as an executive vice president. Hoffman is perhaps best known for co-founding the professional networking site LinkedIn, which he started in 2003 and later sold for a reported $26.2 billion to Microsoft in 2016. Listen and Learn: YouTube | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Transcript ![]() ![]() On this episode Hoffman discusses lessons learned from decades spent as a hands-on operator and investor, including what he knows about scaling that others miss, the three principles of decision making, how to constantly evolve your learning pattern, and why the best leaders adapt to the crisis at hand. ![]() The co-founder of LinkedIn and former PayPal executive is also a wildly successful venture capitalist, author and podcaster, but he didn’t get to his place as a Silicon Valley giant without making plenty of crucial decisions. Few figures have shaped the way we think about business over the past 20 years more than Reid Hoffman. ![]()
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