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Linkedin now valued at $1Bn - what can other social networking sites learn from them?

I read with interest in the Financial Times on Wednesday that Linkedin.com, the business networking site is now valued at more than $1Bn following some recent investment from Bain Capital.
The article contrasts the  $15bn valuation for Facebook implied by a Microsoft investment of $240m last year and the $580m News Corp paid for the parent company of [...]

By andrew | Posted June 19, 2008 in network | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Dopplr.com - twitter for grown ups

I came across a new site called dopplr.com via another blog reference, and also featured in the Guardian.

For those familiar with twitter, which essentially tells you where your friends are and what they are doing, dopplr takes this concept into a business context and allows connected business travellers to share their travel plans - so you [...]

By andrew | Posted January 1, 2008 in travel | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Going online to meet the right people - using Linkedin as a business tool

Also published on the Sydney Morning Herald website

By BRAD HOWARTH (reprinted below with permission)
May 16, 2006
One of the hardest parts of taking a new technology into a foreign market is finding the right people to talk to.
Trade shows and government agencies play their parts but without personal introductions to the right parties, many companies find themselves [...]

By andrew | Posted May 16, 2006 in network | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)