The Billionaire Founder Of LinkedIn Explains How To Run A Great Startup

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Linkedin Founder Reid Hoffman

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Linkedin Founder Reid Hoffman

Reid Hoffman is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

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He's the founder of Linkedin, the largest professional social network worth around $28 billion, and a partner at the VC firm Greylock Partners.

He was also one of the early employees of PayPal, where he served as executive VP, and the co-founder of Socialnet.com, one of the first social network startups.

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He's also a remarkable angel investor, with early investments in Facebook, Flickr, Digg, and Zynga, and other companies.

Last week, Hoffman gave a 45-minute presentation titled "How To Be A Great Founder" at Stanford, as part of the "How to Start a Startup" series by Y Combinator's Sam Altman.

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We pulled together some of the slides and Hoffman's words explaining his wisdom.