Lecture 13 - How to be a Great Founder (Reid Hoffman)

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  • čas přidán 3. 11. 2014
  • Lecture Transcript: genius.com/Reid-hoffman-lectur...
    So you've learned how to get started, how to raise money, how to build products, and how to grow. Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock Ventures, addresses many of the questions and confusions that might be cropping up - How to be a Great Founder.
    See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec13/
    Discuss this lecture: startupclass.co/courses/how-t...
    This video is under Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Komentáře • 69

  • @EnverYarco
    @EnverYarco Před rokem +41

    I just love how at the start of the video he says "Thank you Sam" and then talks about the greatest founders of our time, little did he know "Sam Altman" the man he just thanked would be added to that list very soon.

    • @amanjha__
      @amanjha__ Před rokem +4

      He knew very well, Reid’s a good friend and big investor in Sam/OAI

  • @paulselivanov8625
    @paulselivanov8625 Před měsícem +2

    Thanks for sharing! I love Reid Hoffman's examples of the founder's mindset. The phrase "You have to be both" regarding seemingly opposite things is exactly what I've noticed while building products.

  • @zealousinfluence
    @zealousinfluence Před 9 lety +5

    Fantastic talk! Reid's content is always on point.

  • @naomivolosen9489
    @naomivolosen9489 Před 6 lety +19

    This guy had a hard topic...and I thought he did really good. That "almost no insight jargon" that everyone is complaining about, is actually valuable when you are in the midst of creating a start-up..

  • @SokhaloyBangla
    @SokhaloyBangla Před 2 lety +13

    13:35 When should I do the work versus delegate?
    14:15 Should I be flexible or persistent?
    16:00 Should I be confident or cautious?
    16:43 Should I focus internally or externally?
    17:30 Should I work by vision or data?
    19:20 Should I take risks or minimise risks?
    22:50 Should I focus on the short term or long term?
    24:45 How do i know if i maybe a great founder?
    34:50 How to be a great co-founder?

  • @graghubabu2007
    @graghubabu2007 Před 9 lety +6

    Amazing lecture.

  • @anisk77
    @anisk77 Před 7 lety +2

    Good job Reid, entrepreneurs with investment experience like you and Peter Thiel can give much useful advice than most successful founders

  • @josemendez3570
    @josemendez3570 Před 9 lety +1

    Thanks! Great presentation.

  • @tobychoules1713
    @tobychoules1713 Před 8 lety +1

    this was amazing . thankyou

  • @HabiburRahman-xl4wr
    @HabiburRahman-xl4wr Před 3 lety +5

    This guy is the founder of LinkedIn!!

  • @greatappguy6371
    @greatappguy6371 Před 9 lety +34

    Dear editor. Please stop leaving the picture up for 5 minutes as the speak speaks. After 7 minutes...we got it.

  • @leonelcastillo.o
    @leonelcastillo.o Před rokem

    Awesome lecture!

  • @StanGanweizhong
    @StanGanweizhong Před 9 lety

    Inspiring!

  • @sheikhmuhammedtadeeb5677

    Just awesome

  • @priyankshah8
    @priyankshah8 Před 13 dny

    Thank you for this.

  • @juliuskitali8788
    @juliuskitali8788 Před rokem

    You teach huge subjects

  • @josemendez3570
    @josemendez3570 Před 9 lety +1

    thanks for this!

  • @hillstudios1
    @hillstudios1 Před 3 lety

    Thank you stanford

  • @noviceprepper53
    @noviceprepper53 Před 9 lety +1

    wow. amazing. thank you sir

  • @IrshadAhmed-gx7ki
    @IrshadAhmed-gx7ki Před 8 lety

    Nice.

  • @LRG53
    @LRG53 Před 9 lety +1

    Glad he brought up the topic of balance.

  • @lumenwrites
    @lumenwrites Před 9 lety +3

    Great lecture!! I have a question: Can somebody list the names of founders from the slide at [26:14]?
    #ycombinator #startups

    • @ErinMcWalter
      @ErinMcWalter Před 9 lety

      here is what I know...
      1 Oprah winfrey harpo
      2
      3 Jack Ma alibaba
      4 Ev Williams twitter
      5
      6
      7
      8 Paul Graham y combinator
      9 Adora Cheung pathjoy
      10
      11
      12
      13
      14
      15 benjamin franklin america

    • @yazins9955
      @yazins9955 Před 9 lety +3

      Erin McWalter Let's play fill in the blanks..
      2 = Whatsapp founder, Jan Koum
      7 = Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook, Asana)
      10 = Elon Musk, Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX
      12 = Brian Chesky, Airbnb
      14 = Patrick Collison, Stripe

    • @RyanvanderHarst
      @RyanvanderHarst Před 9 lety +2

      5 Caterina Fake - Flickr, Hunch
      6 Hosain Rahman - Jawbone
      13 Tristan Walker - Foursquare, Walker & Co

    • @user-bd9qk2nu2q
      @user-bd9qk2nu2q Před 8 lety

      +Yazin S 10 = Kevin Hale; Wufoo

  • @MrMisoginist
    @MrMisoginist Před 8 lety +4

    How did you manage to get Benjamin Franklin on the team(25:41 lower right corner)? I hear he's hard to get, but he'll work for $14 a week.

  • @AdrianEspinozaO
    @AdrianEspinozaO Před 9 lety +1

    // How to be a Great Founder :)

  • @emka2347
    @emka2347 Před 8 lety +4

    "hehe - right?"

  • @user-bd9qk2nu2q
    @user-bd9qk2nu2q Před 8 lety

    Who is the female founder on lower left?

    • @VishalRaoOnYouTube
      @VishalRaoOnYouTube Před 3 lety

      Leah Busque, Founder of TaskRabbit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Busque

  • @SerpkoBakotiinii
    @SerpkoBakotiinii Před 2 měsíci

    The main idea of the video: the projects are different, the conditions are different, the people are different; Therefore, there is no exact decision on what to do and whose behavior model to copy. There is no template how to be a great founder!

  • @elkyelkyelky
    @elkyelkyelky Před 4 lety

    08:00

  • @amanswain9246
    @amanswain9246 Před 2 měsíci

    41:07

  • @mikekazumi1867
    @mikekazumi1867 Před 3 lety +1

    43:47 poor guys had no idea about dogecoin 😂😂😂

  • @Najrani
    @Najrani Před 7 lety +6

    Sometimes huge successful ppl can't explain their self clearly ... i get almost zero info from this guy

    • @novapowell6976
      @novapowell6976 Před 7 lety +2

      Yep, Reid is not that famous for clarity of his talks.
      I met him in person after the talk, I was surprised how arrogant he actually was. He seemed nice and kind person before I met him in person.

    • @11maxed11
      @11maxed11 Před 7 lety

      really? I never expected that

    • @theblizzzzzzzzzzzzzz
      @theblizzzzzzzzzzzzzz Před 7 lety +2

      I am surprised that you are surprised by the fact that some1 who speaks 90% of the time how he is "contrarian" and all other "intelligent people" around him were wrong, but he was right, to be arrogant. You should've been surprised if he wasn't. Try to see what people are saying, not how they are saying it.

    • @jukka6946
      @jukka6946 Před 6 lety

      me either..

    • @benediktwt
      @benediktwt Před 3 lety +1

      11maxed11 lol worst advice I’ve ever heard “try to see what people are saying, not how they say it”. Dude anybody can say anything. In certain situations you should watch what people are actually saying but most of the time you should listen to how they say it because that’s where the truth lays

  • @joandrodriguez
    @joandrodriguez Před 6 měsíci

    Shilling Bitcoin in 2014… Should have listened to the guy!

  • @alanjames670
    @alanjames670 Před 3 lety

    Wait hold on! Did that guy just speak Chinese and he answered?

  • @zayyanusmani5360
    @zayyanusmani5360 Před 6 měsíci

    18:36 he knew about BITCOIN in 2015 😱🤯

  • @wdai03
    @wdai03 Před 4 lety +2

    All Reid managed to do was build the network though, it still isn't profitable

  • @qaisurrehman
    @qaisurrehman Před 7 lety +1

    He IS MIXED AND UNBALNCED CONTRANIAN...

  • @grantdavies7561
    @grantdavies7561 Před 2 měsíci

    Key takeaway, don’t get “hosed”.

  • @LukasMosser
    @LukasMosser Před 9 lety +6

    czcams.com/video/dQ7ZvO5DpIw/video.htmlm42s
    Say wuuuuuut? Does he speak chinese?

  • @drewthermos3866
    @drewthermos3866 Před 7 měsíci +1

    25:47 one of those "Founders" is in jail now, don't be like that founder. lol

  • @VANCOUVERHOUSEFINDER
    @VANCOUVERHOUSEFINDER Před 4 lety +2

    It sucks investors are always looking for technical founders and no husband and wife teams.

  • @row0111
    @row0111 Před 9 lety

    this must be old?

  • @CalvinMaighan
    @CalvinMaighan Před 6 lety +2

    Did he just spend an entire talk explaining that you have to understand nuance?

  • @bhuwannepathya
    @bhuwannepathya Před 2 lety

    .

  • @m.adrianhorning3060
    @m.adrianhorning3060 Před 7 lety +5

    Anybody else annoyed how many times he uses "contrarian"?

  • @chuganator
    @chuganator Před 6 lety +1

    Now bitcoin has reached 19000$