TIP229: Billionaire Reid Hoffman Lessons Learned (Business Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Investing, Education, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On today's show, we learn valuable lessons from Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: What is the secret to the success of Silicon Valley? How to manage a company that is growing at 2.5% - per day. How to use your network to find new job opportunities. Why financing and distribution is just as important as the product you are selling. Ask The Investor’s Podcast: How do I value fast growing unlisted companies? BOOKS AND RESOURCES Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members. The Investor’s Podcast’s episode about Reid Hoffman’s book, The Start-up of you. Kai-Fu Lee’s book, AI Superpowers – Read reviews of this book. One of Steve Jobs’ favorite books, Inside the Tornado – Read reviews of this book. John Carreyrou’s book, Bad Blood – Read reviews of this book. NEW TO THE SHOW? Check out our We Study Billionaires Starter Packs. 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0:00.0	You're listening to TI-P.
0:02.6	On today's show, we cover Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman.
0:06.8	Hoffman established his fame in the valley by being the COO of PayPal and working alongside
0:11.9	people like Elon Musk and Peter Teal.
0:14.8	After PayPal, Hoffman went on the found LinkedIn in 2002 with two former colleagues of a failed
0:20.5	startup he attempted before PayPal called SocialNet.
0:24.4	Through the years, Hoffman is invested in some of the most promising companies like Airbnb,
0:29.0	Blockstream, coupons.com and many others.
0:32.6	So during our show, we're going to be covering some of Reid's interesting points about business
0:35.8	and how he was so successful building startup companies that have been turned into multi-billion
0:40.1	dollar enterprises.
0:41.5	So let's get started.
0:42.9	You are listening to THE Investors Podcast.
0:49.0	Where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires
0:53.3	the most.
0:54.3	We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.
1:06.4	Hey everyone, welcome to the show.
1:08.0	I'm your host Preston Pishin.
1:09.3	As always, I'm accompanied by my co-host, Stig Broderson.
1:12.2	And like we said in the introduction, we're going to be covering billionaire Reid Hoffman
1:15.0	today.
1:16.0	So let's go ahead and just jump right into the show.
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