Reid Hoffman’s talk this week at Stanford (podcast and video available here) touched on several themes that collectively seem to comprise the Silicon Valley innovator ethos; most are relevant to healthcare and biopharma, and I agree with all his assertions except one.
(Hoffman, for those tuning in late, is a Silicon Valley superstar: he was a major part of PayPal, a co-founder of LinkedIn, and currently a partner at Greylock.)
Theme 1: Breakout success requires risk. This is, of course, the defining credo of entrepreneurs, and initially may seem a bit obvious. However, I’d argue that the most radical part of this statement is not the notion of taking risk, but rather the assumption that one aspires to achieve breakout success.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Reid Hoffman connects four themes for would-be innovators (and tomorrow's healthcare companies) - Forbes
