
An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today’s leading consumer technology businesses, including LinkedIn and PayPal. He possesses a unique understanding of consumer behavior and the dynamics of viral businesses, as well as deep experience in driving companies from the earliest stages through periods of explosive, “blitzscale” growth. Ranging from LinkedIn to PayPal, from Airbnb to Convoy to Facebook, he invests in businesses with network effects and collaborates on building their product ecosystems. Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional networking service, in 2003. LinkedIn is thriving with more than 700 million members around the world and a diversified revenue model that includes subscriptions, advertising, and software licensing. He led LinkedIn through its first four years and to profitability as Chief Executive Officer. In 2016 LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft, and he became a board member of Microsoft. Prior to LinkedIn, Hoffman served as executive vice president at PayPal, where he was also a founding board member. Hoffman joined Greylock in 2009. He focuses on building products that can reach hundreds of millions of participants and businesses that have network effects. He currently serves on the boards of Aurora, Coda, Convoy, Entrepreneur First, Joby, Microsoft, Nauto, Neeva, and a few early stage companies still in stealth. In addition, he serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including Kiva, Endeavor, CZ Biohub, New America, Berggruen Institute, Opportunity@Work, the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and the MacArthur Foundation’s Lever for Change. Prior to joining Greylock, he invested personally in many influential Internet companies, including Facebook, Flickr, Last.fm, and Zynga. In 2022, Hoffman co-founded Inflection AI, an artificial intelligence company that aims to create software products that make it easier for humans to communicate with computers. Hoffman is the host of Masters of Scale, an original podcast series and the first American media program to commit to a 50-50 gender balance for featured guests as well as Possible, a podcast that sketches out the brightest version of the future—and what it will take to get there. He is the co-author of five best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, and Impromptu. Hoffman earned a master’s degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University. In 2010 he was the recipient of an SD Forum Visionary Award and named a Henry Crown Fellow by The Aspen Institute. In 2012, he was honored by the Martin Luther King center’s Salute to Greatness Award. Also in 2012, he received the David Packard Medal of Achievement from TechAmerica and an honorary doctor of law from Babson University. In 2017, he was appointed as a CBE by her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oulu, an international science university, in 2020. In 2022, Reid received Vanderbilt University's prestigious Nichols-Chancellor's Medal and delivered the Graduates Day address to the Class of 2022 on the importance and power of friendship.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 3.9 ⭐
• 16 recommendations ❤️
Foreword by Bill GatesLinkedIn cofounder, legendary investor, and host of the award-winning Masters of Scale podcast reveals the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies.What entrepreneur or founder doesn’t aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the startups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants?The secret is a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water. The objective of Blitzscaling is not to go from zero to one, but from one to one billion –as quickly as possible.When growing at a breakneck pace, getting to next level requires very different strategies from those that got you to where you are today. In a book inspired by their popular class at Stanford Business School, Hoffman and Yeh reveal how to navigate the necessary shifts and weather the unique challenges that arise at each stage of a company’s life cycle, such how to design business models for igniting and sustaining relentless growth; strategies for hiring and managing; how the role of the founder and company culture must evolve as the business matures, and more. Whether your business has ten employees or ten thousand, Blitzscaling is the essential playbook for winning in a world where speed is the only competitive advantage that matters.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
• 8 recommendations ❤️
What can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn’t talent, network, or strategy. It’s an entrepreneurial mindset—and that mindset can be cultivated.“If you’re scaling a company—or if you just love a well-told story—this is a book to savor.”—Robert Iger, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Ride of a LifetimeBehind the scenes in Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock) is a sought-after adviser to heads of companies and heads of state. On each episode of his podcast, Masters of Scale, he sits down with a guest from an all-star list of visionary founders and leaders, digging into the surprising strategies that power their company’s growth. In this book, he draws on their most riveting, revealing stories—as well as his own experience as a founder and investor—to distill the secrets behind the most extraordinary success stories of our times.Here, Hoffman teams up with Masters of Scale ’s executive producers to offer a rare window into the entrepreneurial mind, sharing hard-won wisdom from leaders of iconic companies (including Apple, Nike, Netflix, Spotify, Starbucks, Google, Instagram, and Microsoft) as well as the bold, disruptive startups (such as 23andMe, TaskRabbit, Black List, and Walker & Co.) that are solving the problems of the twenty-first century.Through vivid storytelling and incisive analysis, Masters of Scale distills their collective insights into a set of counterintuitive principles that anyone can use. How do you find a winning idea and turn it into a scalable venture? What can you learn from a “squirmy no”? When should you stop listening to your customers? Which fires should you put out right away, and which should you let burn? And can you really make money while making the world a better place? ( Yes. But you have to keep your profits and values aligned.)Based on more than a hundred interviews and including a wealth of new material never aired on the podcast, this unique insider’s guide will inspire you to reimagine how you do business today.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
• 4 recommendations ❤️
The New York Times Bestelling guide for managers and executives.Introducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and employee.The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment defined by continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee acts like a free agent.The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or as free agents. Think of them instead as allies .As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for the future. And your employees want the company to help transform their careers for the long term. But this win-win scenario will happen only if both sides trust each other enough to commit to mutual investment and mutual benefit. Sadly, trust in the business world is hovering at an all-time low.We can rebuild that lost trust with straight talk that recognizes the realities of the modern economy. So, paradoxically, the alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations.By putting this new alliance at the heart of your talent management strategy, you’ll not only bring back trust, you’ll be able to recruit and retain the entrepreneurial individuals you need to adapt to a fast-changing world.These individuals, flexible, creative, and with a bias toward action, thrive when they’re on a specific “tour of duty”—when they have a mission that’s mutually beneficial to employee and company that can be completed in a realistic period of time.Coauthored by the founder of LinkedIn, this bold but practical guide for managers and executives will give you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company thrive in today’s world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.
Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller. Tech visionary and co-founder of Manas AI Reid Hoffman shares his unique insider’s perspective on an AI-powered future, making the case for its potential to unlock a world of possibilities. "An essential companion." — Fei-Fei Li "An important read." —Bill Gates "Brilliant mind. Compassionate heart. Bold ideas…Read this book!” —Van Jones "Refreshingly optimistic and welcome perspective." — Ariana Huffington "A fascinating and insightful book." —Yuval Noah Harari As taught at UPenn's Wharton and Stanford.Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole. Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals. Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality. Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear. It’s a call to action – to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary. Entrepreneur Reid Hoffman is a co-founder of LinkedIn, Inflection AI, and Manas AI. He is also host of the podcasts Possible and Masters of Scale.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Amplifying Our Humanity Through AI, written by Reid Hoffman with GPT-4, offers readers a travelog of the future – exploring how AI, and especially Large Language Models like GPT-4, can elevate humanity across key areas like education, business, and creativity.But, it's not just a book, it's a conversation. In a first, Hoffman doesn’t just write about GPT-4; he interacts and writes with GPT-4, letting readers see the technology’s capabilities — its strengths and limitations alike. Using GPT-4 as his “author’s co-pilot,” Hoffman paints an intriguing, challenging, and often entertaining picture of what’s where trouble may arise, but also crucially, what could possibly go right. His conversation with AI takes us on a journey to the future, where AI is not a threat, but a partner. A partner that can help us unlock our full potential as human beings.How might humanity use GPT-4 to continue our long-standing quest to make life more meaningful and prosperous? How can we use it to help solve some of the hardest challenges we face? To expand opportunities for self-determination and self-expression?Along with solutions and opportunities, GPT-4 will also create its own challenges and uncertainties. Impromptu explores how we might address risk as we continue to develop AI technologies that can boost human progress at a time when the need for rapid solutions at scale has never been greater. Impromptu starts the conversation, and invites us to join that conversation to shape our collaborative journey and achieve our destiny.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
The groundbreaking #1 New York Times bestseller that taught a generation how to transform their careers—now in a revised and updated edition “A profound book about self-determination and self-realization.”—Senator Cory Booker “The Startup of You is crammed with insights and strategies to help each of us create the work life we want.”—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project In this invaluable book, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a startup a living, breathing, growing startup of you.Why? Startups—and the entrepreneurs who run them—are nimble. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. They take intelligent risks. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage.These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today.This book isn’t about cover letters or résumés. Instead, you will learn the best practices of the most successful startups and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, stitch together multiple gigs in a portfolio career, or are launching your own venture, you need to know how to• adapt your career plans as pandemics rage and technologies upend industries• develop a competitive advantage so that you stand out from others at work• strengthen your professional network by building powerful alliances and maintaining a diverse mix of relationships• engineer serendipity that produces life-changing career opportunities• take proactive risks to become more resilient to industry tsunamis• tap your network for information and intelligence that help you make smarter decisions The career landscape has changed dramatically in the decade since Hoffman and Casnocha first published this guide. In an urgent update to the frameworks that have helped hundreds of thousands of people transform their careers, this new edition of The Startup of You will teach you how to achieve your boldest professional ambitions.
BlitzscalingLa guía para escalar empresas rápidamenteEl cofundador de Pay Pal y LinkedIn, e inversor de Greylock, nos muestra en este libro prologado por Bill Gates, cuales son los elementos que se necesitan para escalar una empresa a la velocidad de un rayo y así vencer a la competencia y captar un nuevo mercado.En Blitzscaling se muestran una serie de técnicas y parámetros a tener en cuenta para saber cuándo y cómo hacer un escalado e intentar hacerlo con el menor riesgo posible.Ya sea que tu empresa tenga diez o diez mil personas, este libro es la guía básica para conocer los elementos que permiten analizar la conveniencia o no de hacer un escalado relámpago y cómo hacerlo.Reid Hoffman ha cofundado dos empresas emblemáticas y de las cuales aun participa en su dirección como PayPal y LinkedIn. También es socio en una de las principales empresas de capital riesgo como es Greylock Partners. Su experiencia de primera, segunda y tercera mano en el escalado de cientos de empresas le brinda un panorama único sobre el mundo de las startups.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 5.0 ⭐
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: Blitzscaling, Money Know More Make More Give More, Life Leverage, Start Now Get Perfect Later 4 Books Collection Set: Blitzscaling: Silicon Valley is renowned for its striking number of businesses which have grown from garage start-ups into global giants; Apple, Cisco, Google, HP and Intel to name a few. But what is the secret to their outstanding success? Hoffman and Yeh explain that it's simple: they've learnt how to blitzscale. Money: Know More, Make More, Give More: That is a universal desire, but many of us regard wealth and financial independence as a goal which we'll likely never achieve - there are just too many bills that need paying and there is a widespread belief that the money game is rigged. Even people who win the lottery or inherit money often seem to wind up losing it. Life Leverage: Life Leverage means taking control of your life, easily balancing your work and free time, making the most money with the minimum time input & wastage, and living a happier and more successful life.Using Rob Moore's remarkable Life Leverage model, you'll quickly banish & outsource all your confusion, frustration and stress & live your ideal, globally mobile life, doing more of what you love on your own terms. Start Now Get Perfect Later: Hardly anyone gets it right the first time, but many of us are crippled by indecision and fear of failure. The desire to get it right can inhibit us from getting started. In this book Rob Moore, the bestselling author of MONEY, shows that the quickest way to perfect is starting right now and improving as you go.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 5.0 ⭐
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Titles In This Masters of Scale [Hardcover]BlitzscalingMasters of Scale By Reid Hoffman, Blitzscaling By Chris Hoffman, Reid and Yeh 2 Books Collection Masters of Scale [Hardcover]:Behind the scenes in Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn, investor at Greylock) is a sought-after adviser to heads of companies and heads of state. On each episode of his podcast, Masters of Scale, he sits down with a guest from an all-star list of visionary founders and leaders, digging into the surprising strategies that power their company’s growth. In this book, he draws on their most riveting, revealing stories—as well as his own experience as a founder and investor—to distill the secrets behind the most extraordinary success stories of our times.Silicon Valley is renowned for its striking number of businesses which have grown from garage start-ups into global giants; Apple, Cisco, Google, HP and Intel to name a few. But what is the secret to their outstanding success? Hoffman and Yeh explain that it’s they’ve learnt how to blitzscale. Featuring case studies from numerous prominent tech businesses such as AirBnB and WeChat, this book offers a specific set of practices for catalysing and managing dizzying growth in bourgeoning start-ups. Prioritising speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty.
by Reid Hoffman
Rating: 2.5 ⭐
ChatGPT ist in aller Munde. Künstliche Intelligenz wird für uns alle damit zum ersten Mal greif- und erlebbar. Die Chancen verblüffen … aber was ist mit den Risiken? Verdrängt die Technologie uns?Silicon-Valley-Insider Reid Hoffman gehört zu den ersten Investoren in OpenAI, das Unternehmen, welches ChatGPT entwickelt hat. Wie schätzt jemand wie er die Chancen und die Risiken ein? Was bringt ihm ChatGPT für seine eigene Tätigkeit? Inspiration oder Frustration?Und wie schlagen wir Kapital aus den enormen Möglichkeiten, die die KI uns eröffnet? Wie schaffen wir es, die Technologie zu beherrschen und nicht von ihr beherrscht zu werden? Diesen Fragen nähert sich Hoffman in "Ideen auf Knopfdruck". Er drückt auf den Knopf und macht GPT-4 zum Co-Autor, testet aus, was dieses Large Language Model alles kann, lässt sich verblüffen und inspirieren. Amüsante und faszinierende Dialoge zwischen den beiden machen deutlich, was die KI kann – und Hoffman zeigt uns, wie auch wir sie zu unserem Vorteil nutzen können.
by Reid Hoffman
Connecting humanb Silicon Valleys best connector! Key figure in the PayPal Mafia! Linkeder founder Reid Hoffmans new career strategy“Who are you connected to?” BFounder and venture capitalist who led the success stories of Facebook, YouTube and Groupon. Reid Hoffman, renowned for having a deep and wide network of Silicon Valleys best connectors, offers a new career strategy for a changed work environment.Its clear that the ladder of past stable promotion is gone, At the moment, Hoffman finds a strategy for individual career planning and career advancement in Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. He says Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, based on their long-term investment and start-up experience, have begun to manage their own startups, expanding their professional network and taking risks reasonably. Its all about Paypal Mafia, a group of PayPal entrepreneurs like Peter Till, Ilon Musk and Steve Chen. It is interesting to see how small groups of interest have influenced individuals or organizations.Today, Hoffman, who preaches the era of social capital, who knows who knows what. Like Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, the company stands out from global competition by systematically explaining how to secure its own competitive advantage, responding to uncertainties, planning and transforming careers, managing risks, and creating new opportunities within them. Learn how to become a talent.iframe
by Reid Hoffman
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by Reid Hoffman
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by Reid Hoffman
KI? Von ihr drohen uns natürlich auch Gefahren, aber … es gibt so vieles, was uns begeistern personalisierter Unterricht für jedes Kind durch KI-Tutoren; Forscher finden Heilmittel für Krankheiten wie Alzheimer und Krebs; KI-Berater helfen den Menschen, sich in komplexen Systemen zurechtzufinden und ihre Ziele zu erreichen. Die KI-Insider Hoffman und Beato – der eine ein legendärer Silicon-Valley-Investor, der andere seit 30 Jahren journalistischer Chronist – bieten eine fantasievolle und positive Sicht auf die Möglichkeiten, die die KI der Menschheit eröffnet. In vielen Bereichen werden mit ihrer Hilfe Durchbrüche möglich, von denen wir heute nicht einmal zu träumen wagen. Ein Plädoyer für gesunden Optimismus in Sachen KI.