Reid Hoffman Quotes

Silicon Valley has been this global engine of innovation and economic growth over the last few decades, but a tidal wave of innovation that has been focused very much in the digital realm.

Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world.

It would be idiotic to position ourselves against Silicon Valley.

ChicagoNEXT is focused on making Chicago the best possible place for technology entrepreneurs.

What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a culture that starts companies.

There's been entrepreneurs working in the Valley for probably 50-60 years. It's not to say that you can't create that in other places, but I think people are a little bit impatient about creating the next Silicon Valley.

New York is the new Silicon Valley.

When you look around Silicon Valley at new companies, there are very few ideas that are going to make a dent in the universe.

If the whole U.S. was like Silicon Valley, we'd be in good shape. But now, the entire U.S. is not driven by technology, is not driven by innovation.

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

Every kid coming out of Harvard, every kid coming out of school now thinks he can be the next Mark Zuckerberg, and with these new technologies like cloud computing, he actually has a shot.

If you look at America, one of the great strengths of America is its university towns and the way a lot of their businesses and a lot of their innovation and enormous economic growth have come from reducing that gap, getting those universities directly involved in start-up businesses, green field businesses, new development businesses.

Silicon Valley has some of the smartest engineers and technology business people in the world.

There's no single right place to be an entrepreneur, but certainly there's something about Silicon Valley.

Something new will always be the source of growth in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

The real force of Silicon Valley is the mentality, the spirit. There's no reason at all that can't be replicated in Paris.

The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.

Creating a culture of entrepreneurship is particularly critical for Tunisia's success.

Growing up in Silicon Valley, during my time at Morgan Stanley and as a member of Stanford's Board, I've had the opportunity to experience firsthand how tech companies can help people in their daily lives.

We try and reflect that there's a lot of optimism, there's a lot of positive things that are happening in 'Silicon Valley'.

To spend time in Silicon Valley in a year of political upheaval is, on one level, soothing. It is pleasant to hear talk of wearables, walled gardens, and disruptive beverages in between updates about mass deportation.

The world view of economic development has completely changed: it is no longer believed to be driven by human labour, as Karl Marx said, or by capital, as Alfred Marshall stated, but is knowledge-driven.

I am committed to ensuring San Francisco remains a center for tech and the innovation capital of the world.

There's no more silicon in Silicon Valley. It's all iPhone apps.