Reid Hoffman

The best ideas make you want to say 'yes' and 'no' in the same breath.

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world.

Each year, I ask, 'Now that I have this knowledge, these resources, what can I do?'

If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective.

I usually allocate time each week to work on topics outside of the normal workflow. These topics can be multi-year strategies for work, theories of how the world is changing, or just something refreshingly different or new.

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

I get energy from one-on-one conversations most often, and I lose energy from group conversations most often.

You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges.

Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one.

Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.

All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.

You have to be constantly reinventing yourself and investing in the future.