Reid All About It
Where was Reid born?
Stanford, California (Palo Alto is also acceptable)
What is the go link for sales resources in LTS?
go/LTSsales
What year was LinkedIn founded?
2002
(2003 also acceptable as that was when the site was officially launched)
Name one company Nick Rie worked at before LinkedIn?
Oracle, Indeed, Digitech, Crest Connect Communications
Ecuador
Name a company Reid has invested in?
3DSolve, Airbnb, Coupons.com, Digg, Edmodo, Facebook, Flickr, Gixo, IronPort, Knewton, Kongregate, Last.fm, Nanosolar, One Kings Lane, Permuto, Ping.fm. Shopkick, SixApart, thesixtyone, Swipely, Tagged, Technetto, TrialPay, Vendio, VigLink, Viki, Wikia, Wrapp, and Xapo.
He's currently invested in Blockstream, Coda, Entrepreneur First, Neeva, TapTap, Helion Energy, Aurora, Convoy, Nauto, Nuro and Joby Aviation.
What is the go link to find corporate discounts on things you want to use outside of the workplace?
go/perks
What year did LinkedIn become publicly traded?
2011
Where did Jared live before Florida?
Jersey
Where did Veronica get her MBA?
Cornell
(Or NYU is acceptable for Inner MBA!)
How do you find the most update to date data about engagement on LinkedIn's platform?
go/ApprovedStats
How many full time employees work at LinkedIn?
2,100
What's Rachel Lilly's favorite Movie?
Titanic
Name of Veronica's LinkedIn Live Podcast?
30 Minutes of Wisdom
What company(ies) is Reid currently on the board of directors? (accordingly to his LinkedIn profile)
Microsoft (LinkedIn), Inflection.AI, Aurora, Joby Aviation, Coda, Convoy, Neeva, NAUTO, Entrepreneur First, Blockstream
What is the go link to find MSFT stock price?
go/retirement
77%
Name the 2 schools that Dan got his degrees?
Northwestern and Northwestern!
What is the name of Veronica's book?
140 Miles of Life: A Remarkable Journey to Self-Acceptance & Love
What percent of LinkedIn's outstanding shares did Reid own at the time of the Microsoft acquisition?
8%. Reid received approximately $857M for his 14.7M shares.
what is the go link to find the NYC Cafteria menu?
go/nomz
Who (and when for double Jeopardy!) was the first CEO after Reid Hoffman?
Answer: 2007, Dan Nye
2009, Jeff Weiner took over.
Who is Lindsay's favorite rockband?
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band!
What's Veronica's Full name?
Maria Veronica Carrera