Reid Hoffman: What should entrepreneurs be thinking about going into 2020?

By Charmaine Niewerth // 28 January 2020

Following his headline fireside chat at Founders Forum New York, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners, shared his take on what founders should look out for as a Silicon Valley investor, tech founder and self-proclaimed ‘life-long learner’.  

The LinkedIn co-founder explained that hosting dinner parties with peers, and playing complex board games gave him the intense analytical skills and a keen ability to strategise that has afforded him success as an entrepreneur and investor.

Watch the full interview filmed behind the scenes at FFNY 2019 below.

“What’s the unique set of puzzle pieces that you’re pulling together to make the Archimedean lever by which you’ll change the world?” – Reid Hoffman

You can hear more from Reid on his very own Podcast ‘Masters of Scale‘, where he dives under the hood of exciting tech companies, tests his theories, and shares the strategies for startup success. In each episode, Reid shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders. Masters of Scale is the first American media program to commit to gender balance for guests.

Masters of Scale, an original podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman