Up and Running
AUGUST 6, 2014
An excellent example of a social enterprise is The Empowerment Plan —an organization that hires people currently living in homeless shelters to create a combination winter coat, sleeping bag, and over-the-shoulder bag, which is then distributed to the homeless of Detroit free of charge. What does a social enterprise look like?
Reid Hoffman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Revenue guidance. Rule #2: Hire Ms. For most of Silicon Valley’s history, the conventional wisdom on hiring executives into a startup was to quickly bring in an executive who could scale. Hiring someone who has been managing 1,000 people to run a 10-person company is actually counterproductive. Part of hiring Ms.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. But Joe and me were designers from Rhode Island School of Design.
online.wsj.com
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
If failure is defined as failing to see the projected return on investment—say, a specific revenue growth rate or date to break even on cash flow—then more than 95% of start-ups fail, based on Mr. Ghoshs research. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. start-ups fail, he says. Subscriber Content Read Preview.
Up and Running
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
Jonathan: I think we talked about this on a previous podcast with regards to when is it time to hire somebody else on your team. Jonathan: They track a few different metrics, like the ease of starting a business, ease of hiring. Peter: Dallas, Texas, number two, number one in employment labor and hiring. Pretty exciting.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” When I was at RISD, I went to Rhode Island School of Design, there was this idea that was emerging called The Green Movement, the sustainability movement. But Joe and me were designers from Rhode Island School of Design.
Startup Lessons Learned
JUNE 9, 2020
A complete collapse of revenue that simultaneously affects your employees and your customers, your partners, your investors, everyone all at once and all the news is bad. And these are people that we spent so much time to hire. I went to Rhode Island School of Design. So then what? I'm not a business person.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
107 
Let's personalize your content