why would you need to join greylock? reid: not surprising coming from the guy who built linkedin, but i think in networks as platforms. one of the things i think a small number of very elite venture-capital firms within silicon valley and other places do is create a network. i was originally thinking of building my own. and then david and anil were general partners at greylock, and they came and said, we are in the process of moving the firm from boston to silicon valley, where it is a rebirth of the firm which has a great set of investors and pedigree and culture and learnings and all these things that will be very helpful. but also this idea of network amplifier for venture capital. we love it, we would love to do it with you. i said i would be delighted to be partners with these folks, so let's build the firm here. david: when you were starting at greylock, even though you already had a good career as and angel investor, one of the legends is that the deal you wanted to do was airbnb. and a senior partner at your firm

reid: one of the things i love about greylock, you are a person first and greylock as a firm is 1000% behind me. some would say that is your issue but is it -- it is important to you helping society so we are comfortable with it. david: are you ever going to run for office or take a point in position of government? reid: i don't thing i will ever run for office. i think many are skilled -- more skilled at that than i. but i have -- i have worked with democrat leaders, republican leaders, leaders from other companies. it is our responsibility as citizens to help them as much as we can. ♪ david: so, in addition to venture investing, you had some time -- i don't know where you got the time -- to start a little company called linkedin. how did you have time to start a company called linkedin while you're a partner in a venture firm? reid: well, actually, i started it much earlier than greylock. that's actually how i met greylock, because david zee led my series b. so, i was doing angel investing while i was the founding ceo and the co-founder of linkedin. but i didn't start venture inve

he was the reason i was at greylock. so i bring in airbnb is my first deal to the partnership and david, who i am super close to, have the deepest respect for, he has returned billions of dollars to the fund, he looks and says, every vc has a deal they can learn from and fail from, and airbnb can be yours. i said, david is supersmart. [laughs] ultimately, i have to have the conviction. this is a portfolio. he gave me the hunting license, the permission to do the deal. so i went and did the deal. to david's credit, six months later, the numbers had not changed a lot. he came back and said, i thought about it, i think you were right and i was wrong. what did you see i didn't see? i said, the risk factors were correct, but if you navigated through the risk factors, which i could see it as able to do, then you would end up with a redefining company of an industry. literally, it transforms the entire industry, and that is the thing i saw. david: you had time to start a little company called linkedin. reid: the goal was buildi