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Hoffman learned he was ousted from Socialnet's board via Series C paperwork
“Amongst the things they did is when we were raising the Series C round, the way that I learned that I was no longer going to be a board member was that the financing paperwork showed up, and that was just what was in the financing paperwork.”
Reid Hoffman Jan 15, 2018 ▶ 18:26 LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman
Assertion Supported
Levchin: Reid Hoffman was running failing SocialNet while on Confinity's board
“He was a board member of ours, and he was running this company called Social Net, I think it was called, and it was failing.”
Max Levchin Jun 13, 2022 ▶ 45:26 PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2)
Insight
Hoffman: Internet users ultimately care most about real-world relationships
“But what really matters to them is their real life world and their real life relationships. So let's build a platform for how people build out those relationships.”
Reid Hoffman Jan 15, 2018 ▶ 13:53 LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman
Insight
Hoffman: Socialnet's key mistake was targeting dating instead of professional networking
“What I had decided was the mistake around social net was targeting a dating business versus doing the new category, which is working network and professional network.”
Reid Hoffman Jan 15, 2018 ▶ 26:35 LinkedIn: Reid Hoffman
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