220 Quotes by Reid Hoffman

The metaphor that I frequently use for entrepreneurship is jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane plane on the way down.

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

When you think about being contrarian, you have to think about - how is it that smart people will disagree with me, disagree with me ...from a position of intelligence, and there is something that I know that they don't know, that will actually in fact play out to be true.

You gotta be both flexible and persistent.

You should have an investment thesis that essentially says why you think this is potentially a good idea.

Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about what it is you want to be doing and where... you want to be going, but also be smart enough that you're essentially listening to criticism, negative feedback, competitive entries.

Data only exists within the framework of a vision you're building to, a hypothesis of where you're moving to.

One of the phrases I frequently look for is infinite learning curve.Because each entrepreneurial pattern is to some degree unique and new.

This is classic when you begin thinking about what is a great founder is, you navigate what is apparent paradoxes.