Reid Hoffman: Entrepreneurship, AI, and the Battle for Democracy
Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People
Guy Kawasaki
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Remarkable People, join host Guy Kawasaki for an illuminating conversation with Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock. Together, they explore entrepreneurship, politics, and artificial intelligence, offering unique insights into blitzscaling, the future of democracy, and how games shaped his strategic thinking. Hoffman shares candid views on Silicon Valley dynamics, the impact of extreme wealth, and his optimistic vision for AI's role in society. Discover how this tech pioneer navigates the intersection of technology, business, and civic responsibility.
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| 0:00.0 | In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth. |
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| 0:48.6 | So, Reid, first of all, you got to take me back to those PayPal days. |
| 0:53.3 | So what was it like back then? |
| 0:55.6 | It was an absolutely crazy dogfought time. When the PayPal business started, it was |
| 1:02.6 | encryption on mobile devices. Max, Levchin, and Peter Thiel each invited their best |
| 1:10.0 | knowledgeable startup friend to be on the board. |
| 1:13.5 | So it was Scott Bannister for Max and me for Peter Thiel. |
| 1:17.3 | And so it started with encryption on mobile devices, which of course is not what anyone |
| 1:20.6 | would think about looking at PayPal today. |
| 1:22.7 | And then part of the clock at PayPal was a very fast iteration. |
| 1:27.0 | Encryption on mobile devices, cash on mobile |
| 1:28.9 | devices. You and I will remember what this is, cash on Palm Pilots. Hey, what's that? People |
| 1:34.9 | are thinking, are you talking about records and LPs? What is the thing you're talking about? And then to a |
| 1:39.7 | Palm Pilot plus payment service and then an online payment service and that kind of iteration obviously |
| 1:45.7 | gave birth to a bunch of different things an additional large public company but like the PayPal |
| 1:51.1 | mafia a bunch of things we had all kinds of things where the number of things that could have |
| 1:57.7 | killed the business and made it worth zero, we could literally |
| 2:00.9 | spend two hours talking about just that. So it was a crazy dogfight of a time, but really |
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