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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

Both Sides of the Table

Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). He lists 6 principles of social influence that I’d like to cover in a series of posts: authority, social proof, reciprocity, commitment / consistency, scarcity and liking.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

8- Reid Hoffman. Hoffman is not afraid of failure; he had failed before but didn’t give up. Photo Credit: David Reid. Thanks to David Reid, VEM Tooling ! #18- Don't let how you are perceived in public stop you from growing and evolving. Thanks to Zarina Bahadur, 123 Baby Box ! #8- Photo Credit: Shaun Connell.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). I also joke with Reid Hoffman that this was back in the days before he was “ReidReid’s an incredible entrepreneur, startup investor, and human being.

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Two Weeks until "The Startup Way"

Startup Lessons Learned

“Mission critical reading.” -- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You In just a few weeks, my new book, The Startup Way , will be available in print, digital, and audio formats. If your city is on the list, come by and say hello!

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A closer look at Lean Startup Conference 2018

Startup Lessons Learned

Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn and Greylock Partners will be talking about “blitzscaling” with his co-author Chris Yeh, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton. That’s the growth management strategy that prioritizes speed over efficiency in an environment of uncertainty as an organization scales.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

Guy Kawasaki, author. ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. Kawasaki’s Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A., subtract $250,000. I want European founders to know it's OK to keep their board of directors small.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

Additionally, as Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman points out, competition from the big companies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “If What’s more, says Hoffman, most of the competition comes from fellow startups rather than the large incumbents. “If Reid, why don’t you start? Sridhar Ramaswamy: Thank you, Reid.