Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Silicon Valley-based LinkedIn’s co-founder and chairperson Reid Hoffman is a well-known entrepreneur and angel investor.

In this 2-part interview Reid talks about his entrepreneurial journey, how he started LinkedIn, his plans to expand in India where mobile phones are the devices of choice to network and not computers and what technology means to him. What is LinkedIn’s exit strategy? An IPO?

LinkedIn has changed the way we network in more ways than one, and has become an important networking tool for professionals. Recruiters use LinkedIn to find prospective candidates, sales folks use LinkedIn to connect to their future prospects, while other use LinkedIn to expand their network.

In Part-1 of the interview Reid also talks general philosophy behind LinkedIn, how he started it and LinkedIn’s plan to expand in India. He also talks about other social network and where LinkedIn fits into the social network landscape. Here is how Reid put it: “Now the metaphor that I frequently use when we are talking about the three current giants’ is: MySpace is the bar, Facebook is home and LinkedIn is the office.”

LinkedIn has changed the way we network in more ways than one, and has become an important networking tool for professionals. Recruiters use LinkedIn to find prospective candidates, sales folks use LinkedIn to connect to their future prospects, while other use LinkedIn to expand their network.

In this short exclusive video clip Reid offers a couple of tips on how to use LinkedIn.

Don’t forget to listen to Part-2 of the interview with Reid.

This interview was originally published by LiveMint.