CEO Diaries: LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman: The Truth About Elon, Zuck, & Building Great Companies!

There's a reason I love today's conversation. It is with the founder of a platform that we probably all use called LinkedIn. And the guy that made that platform is Reed Hoffman. The reality of running a small business is that switching off is never really an option. Even when you try, the ideas, the excitement, and all the responsibility is always there. And because you're always switched on, it's only fair that your hiring partner should be too. LinkedIn Jobs, who are the sponsor of this moment's episode, has been that hiring partner for me and for years, because it's always working away in the background. My team can post our jobs for free, share them with our networks, and reach top talent all in the same place. So let's get into today's conversation.

Oh my All these great people you've worked with, specifically, you know, you During that PayPal period of your life. Mm-hmm. One of the things I was reflecting on is they're all independently successful people. But they're all very different people.

And that in and of itself is evidence that there's not one version of Success. There's many different types of success. Presumably there's many different types of entrepreneur leader. Yes. Give me a flavor of the different types of Entrepreneurs you've worked with. And and and what you know,'cause I I sat with Walter Isaacson and he talked to me about Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, et cetera, and it was like

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