In April 2015, a mother in Flint, Michigan concerned about the city’s seemingly tainted water supply contacted Marc Edwards, an engineering professor who had previously helped expose a similar issue in Washington DC. While the initial tests Edwards made on samples the woman provided revealed high levels of lead in Flint’s water, local officials and…
Entrepreneurship for the Sustainable Development Goals My keynote remarks at the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Event on Innovation and Technology – SDG Innovation. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Excellencies: Good morning. It’s a great privilege to be here with you today. My name is Reid Hoffman. I’m the founder of LinkedIn and a partner at the…
This post is part of theBoardlist‘s #BeABetterBoard series of posts and interviews with leading CEOs and VCs from the tech industry. Thought leaders share what they’ve learned while serving and managing boards, what they wish they knew when they started, and what they’re focusing on now. Here are a few of my reflections. The ideal board…
Today, I am excited to announce our investment in Entrepreneur First. At Greylock, our mission has always been to back and support entrepreneurs who are building disruptive, market-transforming consumer and enterprise software companies. We focus on early stage startups and help scale their ideas on a global scale. By investing in EF, we are both investing…