hands-on-techniques-for-hiring-entrepreneurs 
View from Seed
MARCH 1, 2016
Investors and smart hires will always do appropriate diligence before investing money and time, but they won’t bother doing that unless they are excited about your story. You can’t hand people a dry plan and expect them to “grok” the genius of your opportunity. As an adult, I know the world operates on story first and logic second.
View from Seed
APRIL 21, 2015
On the heels of our research on HBS entrepreneurs , NextView’s Dimitri Dadiomov (HBS ’15) interviewed several top founders on the early stages of their companies. I couldn’t believe how inefficient and non-transparent the rental industry was and I knew then that I’d one day come back to take it on.
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Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 1, 2016
The non-profits and businesses below all came from realizing that I needed some help in an area that was ever changing. I choose to create non-profits as I felt that would give us better opportunities to get financial help, but that did not prove to be the case. Each story is different though the reasons may remain the same.
Reid Hoffman
MARCH 19, 2019
Tim O’Reilly’s recent article, “ The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ,” makes an impassioned argument that the ideas in our book, Blitzscaling , encourage entrepreneurs to behave in ways that are irresponsible or even dangerous in the pursuit of what he characterizes as “runaway growth.”
Hearpreneur
JANUARY 7, 2017
We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – I Have a Dream. No matter if the business is a Goliath like Wal-Mart, or a local business owned by a couple or family, the business has roots in an idea. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. I wish I had done this years ago.
crowdSPRING Blog
DECEMBER 13, 2018
Chapter 7: How To Translate Your Brand Identity Into Actual Marketing. brand awareness – the ability of customers to identify a brand in a crowded market. This is the most comprehensive guide online to creating a strong brand identity for your business or organization in 2019. Chapter 5: Designing Your Brand Identity. What is branding?
Reid Hoffman
JANUARY 26, 2021
One common mistake is for entrepreneurs to simply select whichever venture capital firm is offering the highest valuation. As an entrepreneur, the basic question you must ask yourself is whether the prospective board member can help you achieve the upside – and also manage the downside. HOW SHOULD I SELECT MY BOARD MEMBERS?
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