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Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster and author. He is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, the business-oriented social network used mainly for professional networking.

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01Chapter IPersonal file.
Personal file.
Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author. Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking. He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global, a co-founder of Inflection AI, a co-founder of Manas AI, and a board member at Arc Institute.
| Item | Contents |
|---|---|
| Name | Reid Hoffman |
| Industry | Investment management / private fundraising |
| Channel Original | [q8u9vs2xjg4] Meet the Billionaire Who Created LinkedIn (Then Sold It for $26B) |
| Maximum number for self-presentation | $26B |
| External identity information | American internet entrepreneur (born 1967) |
| Wikipedia | Reid Hoffman |
02Chapter IIHis mindset and hit.
His mindset and hit.
He's not collecting the money he earned.
- "I'm playing a multi-time game. And I'm playing that I'm going to fail along the way some."
- "that you return opportunism in the short term."
- "The kind of key element of risk is taking a risk that other people won't take that might fall, but if you win, you win huge."
- Well, actually, uh, because I'd learned from social, PayPal, etc., you burn the boats early."
- "make real quick, See, 99% of people will never get discussed from a multi-millionaire or a billionaire in their entire life."
The beginning of his story.
- New products were created to work in Apple, Fujitsu, and then into business; LinkedIn was created in 2003 and sold to Microsoft in 2016.
03Chapter IIIExternal information (Wikipedia with links)
External information (Wikipedia with links)
The following is from the Wikipedia entry (other than his own), which is used to supplement the personal background outside the channel.
External records
- Reid Garrett Hoffman is an American Internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author.
- Hoffman is the co-founder and former executive chairman of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social network used primarily for professional networking.
- He is also chairman of venture capital firm Village Global, a co-founder of Inflection AI, a co-founder of Manas AI, and a board member at Arc Institute.
| Item | Contents |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia Entry | Reid Hoffman |
| One word. | American internet entrepreneur (born 1967) |
| Wikidata | Q211098 |
| Birth/Qualitative, etc. | This page is not taken word for word. See Wikipedia Original |
04Chapter IVThe macro environment at the time
The macro environment at the time
By the year he mentioned in the film (start year 2003):
| Year | Macrofacts | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Federal funds effective interest rate 1.13% (low 40 years) CPI 2.0% Unemployment 5.99% | Source |
05Chapter VIndustry structure: investment management / private fundraising
Industry structure: investment management / private fundraising
| Facts | Figures/conclusions | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regulatory structure | U.S. private fundraising needs to register or apply exemptions in accordance with the Investment Audit Act; management scale threshold determines compliance | Source |
| Industry concentration | Head asset management owns the vast majority of AUM, and medium-sized organizations survive on a disaggregated strategy | Source |
| Week Environment | 2022-06 CPI peak 9.0% and 2023-07 Federal Funds 5.12% are the tightest financing environment in recent years | Source |
06Chapter VIOriginal Source
Original Source
- [q8u9vs2xjg4]
- Wikipedia · Reid Hoffman