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From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel and this is Hello Monday.

And today, I'm bringing you an episode that we recorded in broadcast live from our studio

at the Empire State Building last week. My guests are Reed Hoffman in Ben Casnoga.

They're talking about their book, the startup of you, and fun fact.

I've known these guys so long that I was the one who interviewed Reed at Fortune when this book

first came out, nearly a decade ago. Reed is, well, he's one of the pioneers of social networking.

He's the founder of LinkedIn. He's a partner at Greylock, and he's on the board of Microsoft.

Reed's been investing in and advising startups and people, really, for decades. Ben is also

an entrepreneur and an investor. Most recently, Ben helps start Village Global, an early stage VC firm.

Together, Reed and Ben aim to teach us how to be ready for the future, how to invest in ourselves,

and of course, where we can level up in our careers. This was such a fun interview,

and it was so great to be together in person. Here are Ben and Reed. Reed speaks first.

It's awesome to be here, and it's awesome to see you.

You know, Reed, I spoke to you 10 years ago when you and Ben launched the first book.

And a little bit has changed in that time. Less than you would think, but some really important

things. And I want to start with the biggest one, which is that there has been a pandemic,

political upheaval, environmental upheaval, social upheaval. It feels like it is going to continue

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