Reid Hoffman
7 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 31, 2017 by Reid Hoffman · said 9 times in 5 episodes since 2018 · across every show →
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brought up most by Elad Gil (5), Paul Graham (2), Ooshma Garg (1), Mark Pincus (1)
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2018 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- A Conversation with Elad Gil · Y Combinator
- A Conversation with Paul Graham - Moderated by Geoff Ralston · Y Combinator
- Elad Gil Shares Advice from the High Growth Handbook, a Guide to Scaling Startups · Y Combinator
- A Conversation with Ooshma Garg - Moderated by Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
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May 31, 2017 positive
Hoffman: Scaling companies should prioritize generalists over specialists
“Because one of the things that you do need to eventually, as you scale, hire specialists, but the theme that you look at as you move from startup to scale up is you always have generalists. The generalists are important for learning, changing the organization,…”
May 31, 2017 neutral
May 31, 2017
Hoffman: True culture requires knowing which A-players you refuse to hire
“And the, when I talk to folks, I'm trying to get them to sharpen their mind, is what filter would have A players working at other companies than yours? Which A players do you not want working at your company? And that, that shows you that you begin to have som…”
May 31, 2017
Hoffman: Top-down culture fails at scale without horizontal accountability
“Because, ah, if your only culture is top-down hierarchy and messaging and communications that comes from the top, that culture won't survive as you really balloon the organization. Instead, you want a horizontal accountability. You want it so that everybody is…”
May 31, 2017
Hoffman: 20-person startup executives rarely succeed at 1,000 employees
“And so classically, the, too much of the advice that's given to entrepreneurs is, like, for example, when you're 20 people, hire your scale executives so that when you're, you know, at thousands and so forth, you have all those people baked and in place. And v…”
Feb 23, 2018 bullish
Jun 25, 2026 neutral
Pincus: Early backers sold Facebook stock because none foresaw its ultimate scale
“I don't think Reed or I Ever imagined how, I know none of us ever imagined how big this, Peter Thiel, all of us, we all sold our stock in Facebook, so we voted with our shares, you know, none of us could have ever described how big this all got.”