Reid Hoffman

eBay Founder's Annual Forum Unites Business Leaders Investing In Social Change

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Philanthropy, Reid Hoffman, Omidyar Network, Video, Social Change, Social Entrepreneurship, Code for America, Couch Surfing, Social-Entrepreneurship, Pierre Omidyar, Kiva, Donors Choose, Omidyar Network Executive Forum, Impact News

One network of top executives is proving that good business means wise investments -- specifically investments in people who have the power to create ...

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Nate C. Hindman

LinkedIn Founder Puts His Fortune Up For Grabs Online

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Kiva.org, Microloans, Video, Linkedin, Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn IPO, Small Business News and Trends, Kiva, LinkedIn Reid Hoffman Kiva, LinkedIn Reid Hoffman, Small Business News

Didn't get in on the LinkedIn IPO last year? Here's another way to get your hands on the proceeds: Sign up for Kiva, a Web site that lets people make ...

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LinkedIn Founder Shares Advice With College Students: 'Take Intelligent Risks'

MTV | Benjamin Wagner | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Reid Hoffman Advice, Reid Hoffman, Reid Hoffman LinkedIn, College News

Heads up, college seniors. Graduation's right around the corner, college debt's hanging over your head, and that career track you were promised is f'd...

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Why 'The PayPal Mafia' Is Killing It

Eric M. Jackson | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Peter Thiel, Linkedin, Small Business, Paypal, Entrepreneurs, PayPal Mafia, Facebook, Reid Hoffman, Startup, Kiva, Youtube, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Small Business America, Small Business News
Eric M. Jackson

It was a unique combination of circumstances, talent, and audacity that would make PayPal an incubator for so many successful entrepreneurs.

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'The Start-Up of You' Isn't New

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.30.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Robert Teitelman, Reid Hoffman, Silicon Valley, Entrepreneurship, Technology News
Robert Teitelman

Reid Hoffman and Thomas Friedman advocate treating your career like an entrepreneur starting a business, but the advice isn't new and doesn't often ...

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Are Big IPOs Back?

AP | By MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Ipos, Reid Hoffman, Linkedin, LinkedIn IPO, Stock Market, Tech IPOs, Venture Capital, Lnkd, Initial Public Offering, Business News

NEW YORK -- Success breeds followers. So will LinkedIn's blockbuster IPO lure scores of private companies to the stock market? "One company does not ...

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50 Most Fascinating People of 2008

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, David Calhoun, Craig Newmark, Obama, Bill Burton, Arianna Huffington, President Obama, Google, Dana Delaney, Barack Obama Campaign, Tim Kaine, Social Networking, Terry McAuliffe, Howard Dean, Samir Randolph, Matthew Modine, Anne Hathaway, Jen Arnold, Madeleine Albright, Brian O'shaugnessy, Reid Hoffman, David Axelrod, Craigslist, Mark Warner, New York Times, Washington Post, Jen Pilat, Richard Schiff, Media News
Mike Smith

Working with Craig Newmark of craigslist changed my life. In terms of his approach to "doing well by doing good" and creating social responsibility ties -- I was inspired.

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New Wikipedia Search Engine Includes A Human Touch

BusinessWeek | Brian Burnsed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mitch Kapor, Reid Hoffman, Marc Andreesen, Wikia Search, Online Encyclopedia, Goog, S Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, Internet Search, Amazon, Wikia, Bessemer Venture Partners, Google, Internet Search Engines, Business News

Jimmy Wales isn't entertaining David-and-Goliath delusions when it comes to battling Google at Internet search. Wales, co-founder of online encycloped...

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