If I Ever Hear A Founder Talk

Boom And Bust Cycles Are Very Difficult For Businesses Because You're Hiring A Bunch Because You're Planning For The Future. And If The Future Is Going To Be Very Big, You Need To Hire People, Or Suddenly You Go To Boom To Bust, Then All Of A Sudden, You're Kind Of Battening Down The Hatches And Trying To Sail, You Know, Through The Storm, It's A Different Thing. So Part Of It Is Making Good Decisions About, Well, How Long Is A Boom Cycle Going To Be, You Know, Don't Plan On It Going Forever.

Part Of The Reason We Like Democracy Is It's The Portfolio Of Decades, Which Is To Say You Don't Also Get The Disastrous Dictator Who Completely Destroys A Society, Engages You In Wars And So Forth.

Pay Attention To Your Culture And Your Hires From The Very Beginning.

I Wish To Be Focused On Kind Of The Business Stuff I'm Doing, How Do I Contribute To Our Economic Progress, How Do I Help Create A Future For American Industry, American Middle Class, These Kind Of Things. Those Things Actually Really Matter To Me.

People Will Be Discovering That The Internet Helps Their Career. One Of My Theses Is That Every Individual Is Now A Small Business; How You Manage Your Own Personal Career Is The Exact Way You Manage A Small Business. Your Brand Matters. That Is How Linkedin Operates.