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LinkedIn Co-Founder: Entrepreneurship Better Than Teaching

My favorite thoughts from a recent interview with LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman:

When you pursue an academic path, you basically write books that only 50 people will read. I wanted to have a much broader impact on the world, which you can do through software entrepreneurship. If you can create a piece of software that improves people’s lives, it’s infinitely replicable…

But one thing I learned in ’97, when I thought the right time to found a company was during a swing-up, is that it’s much better to start during an economic downturn. Partnerships are easier; hiring is easier; and the competition starts later…

One of my theses is that every individual is now a small business; how you manage your own personal career is the exact way you manage a small business. Your brand matters. That is how LinkedIn operates.

Via The Wall Street Journal.

By Rebecca Healy

My goal is to help you find meaningful work, enjoy the heck out of it, and earn more money.