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Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo to talk fundraising at Early Stage SF 2020

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Early Stage SF is around the corner, and we are more than excited for this brand new event. The intimate gathering of founders, VCs, operators and tech industry experts is all about giving founders the tools they need to find success, no matter the challenge ahead of them. Struggling to understand the legal aspects of […] Continue reading Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and Sarah Guo to talk fundraising at Early Stage SF 2020→

Reid Hoffman to talk ‘blitzscaling’ at Disrupt SF 2018

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When it comes to scaling startups, few people are as accomplished or consistently successful as Reid Hoffman . While the rest of us consider scaling a startup to market domination a daunting task, Hoffman has continued to make it look easy. In September, Hoffman will join us at TC Disrupt SF to share his strategies […] Continue reading Reid Hoffman to talk ‘blitzscaling’ at Disrupt SF 2018→

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins Microsoft’s board

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 LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman announced today that he’s joined the board of directors at Microsoft. This follows Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn last year. When the deal closed, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said the company’s day-to-day operations would “essentially remain unchanged,” but he also noted a number of areas (like integrating… Read More Continue reading LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman joins Microsoft’s board→

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman plans to take on larger role in Microsoft

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While Hoffman hasn’t had a formal job at LinkedIn for 7 years, he still shows up four times a week — and wants to help Nadella tackle AI and quantum computing

A lot of times after leadership changes or acquisitions, executives have a foot out the door on the day of the announcement. But after Reid Hoffman stepped down from LinkedIn seven years ago as chief executive, he kept showing up, four days a week, and has continued to do that ever since. Now that LinkedIn is no longer a public company, but owned by Microsoft, he said he continues to plan to play a major role — and is very interested in helping Microsoft tackle challenges like artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

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