220 Quotes by Reid Hoffman

We don’t celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning.

One thing I learned in ’97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it’s much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later.

It’s very conventional to say that you’re a contrarian these days.

First mover Advantage doesn’t go to the company that starts up, it goes to the company that scales up.

I am most heartened when I’m talking to a team when they’re reasoning to each other.

If you’re in permanent beta in your career, twenty years of experience actually is twenty years of experience because each year will be marked by new, enriching challenges and opportunities. Permanent beta is essentially a lifelong commitment to continuous personal growth. Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’. If.

In software, speed to market, speed to learning is really key. In hardware, if you screw it up, you’re dead. So accuracy really matters.

Theodore Roosevelt’s famous dictum, “Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

People who take risk intelligently can usually actually make a lot more progress than people who don’t.