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If I ever hear a founder talk about oh this is how I have a balanced life so on and so forth - they're not committed to winning.

Reid Hoffman

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Reid Hoffman
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 5
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Stanford
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Reid Garrett Hoffman
Reid G. Hoffman
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During normal times or boom times, there are some parts of the business that are going to so well, that that can cover for weakness and other parts of the business. What happens during recessions, is you have less windfalls just helping you cover mistakes. You have to be more careful about not making mistakes.
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I think the boarding schools are like miniature versions of Lord of the Flies.
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When I'm raising money, this fundraising, I'm thinking about the next fundraising. I'm thinking how I'm set up for it.
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Ironically, in a changing world, playing it safe is one of the riskiest things you can do.
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So usually you have to have product distribution as more fundamental than what the actual product is.
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