E490: Legendary entrepreneur Reid Hoffman on his best strategies, valuable lessons, the PayPal mafia, and creating one of the first social networks

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Today on TWIST: Reid Hoffman! In this riveting 90 minutes, Jason sits down at LinkedIn with its legendary founder, entrepreneur, product strategist, investor, and author. Get ready to take notes — and watch & listen at least twice — as Reid shares a treasure trove of insights and lessons. You’ll hear his early inspirations, origins of the “PayPal mafia,” secrets to his successes, greatest mistakes, sharp advice to entrepreneurs, smartest investment strategies, his impressions of fellow Silicon Valley luminaries (hints: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel….), why he holds himself to a high standard, his insights into our biggest problems today and what even defines a human society — and much MUCH more.

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