A Conversation with Reid Hoffman
summary
Argues that ubiquity of real identities and smartphones makes semantically rich user data the substrate for new apps, and describes LinkedIn’s concrete work: mining profiles plus Wikipedia to build a skills graph with trending scores, company and region links and a measurable gap between skills and jobs; says IPOs are a turbulent, media-constrained process that prevents timely responses; describes building firm-level tooling—data scientists in residence—and cites recent investments such as Airbnb and Shopkick.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:05LinkedIn Skills
- 3:26Skills and Jobs
- 4:20Web 30 Thesis
- 6:56Good Reasons
- 9:57Facebook
- 13:03IPO Process
- 16:25Investment Approach
- 18:49Quiet Period
- 19:13Questions
- 19:29The Startup of You
- 20:50Venture Investing
- 22:32Firm vs Individual
- 23:39Privacy
- 26:36Pivot Point
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