220 Quotes by Reid Hoffman

Relatively few people should start companies.

Even by Silicon Valley standards, PayPal's vision was massively ambitious.

PayPal was disruptive, it was democratizing, and it had universal appeal. It gave power to millions and millions of individuals and reduced monopolist control from nations, banks, and other huge corporations.

Your customers are always a bottomless well of surprises.

The key thing for me has always been how we realize the mission - enabling every professional in the world to change their own economic curve by the strength of their alliances and connections with other people.

I really like the 'Silicon Valley' show. It's good to do a little rib-poking and not take yourself too seriously, so I think it's awesome the show does that.

LinkedIn allows professionals, including the middle class, to invest in themselves in order to find the right jobs. That essentially can help make them prosperous.

Business is the systematic playing of games.

The way you deal with bullies is you change their economic equation. Make it more expensive for them to hassle you.