LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman: Part-2




Kamla Bhatt Show show

Summary: Silicon Valley-based LinkedIn is going public (http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/summary-box-linkedins-ipo-showing-investors-want-a-piece-of-internet-networking-craze/2011/05/17/AFZIYy5G_story.html)on May 19, 2011 and is expected to raise about $350-400 million. This is the first time  an American social network is going IPO (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2011/05/linkedin-ipo-party-like-its-1999.html). LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/) was co-founded by Reid Hoffman (http://www.greylock.com/team/team/43/) in 2002 and was officially launced in 2003. Reid is often described as the most connected person in Silicon Valley. LinkedIn has over 100 million members and is growing every week. It is billed as the world's largest professional networking site. In Part-2 of the interview Reid (http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10128) talks about his journey as an entrepreneur. After he graduated from Stanford, he went to Oxford from where he received his Master's and came back to Silicon Valley to start a company. But, he had to wait a few  years before he realized that dream. But, when he did realize his dream it was a very successful one. What advice does Reid have to offer young entrepreneurs? What does technology mean to him? What have the seven deadly sins got to do with entrepreneurship? What keeps him awake at nights? Can I get out all the features out in time is Reid's prompt answers. And the one word that he would use to describe himself? Tune in to find out what Reid has to say about all these questions. In this short exclusive video clip (http://www.youtube.com/user/KamlaBhatt?feature=mhee#p/search/0/OrCgUL8HbzQ) (http://kamlashow.com/content/900410/maincontent/mp3/broadband/ReidHoffman_LinkedIn_KamlaShow_Part2.mp3)Reid offers a couple of tips on how to use LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/). In case you missed, you might want to listen to Part-1 (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/2011/05/18/linkedins-reid-hoffman-part-1/)of the interview with Reid. This interview was recorded in LinkedIn's Mountain View office in 2008 and originally published by LiveMint (http://www.livemint.com).