LinkedIn Venture Capital Investment Memo from Bessemer Venture Partners -
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LinkedIn Venture Capital Investment Memo from Bessemer Venture Partners -
LinkedIn may have been a big reason for this: when GLG was getting started, coming up with a list of people who'd worked in, say, oil refining, or aircraft maintenance, or in billboard ad sales was not easy, and being able to offer people from any of those industries on demand was a competitive moat. Now, $80/month for LinkedIn Premium is enough to... See more
Byrne Hobart • The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack
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LinkedIn may be the social app Silicon Valley product people like to grouse about the most, but while many of the complaints are valid, its sizable market cap is testament to the value of its graph. It turns out if you map out the professional graph, not just today but also across long temporal and organizational dimensions, recruiters will pay a l... See more
Eugene Wei • And You Will Know Us by the Company We Keep
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When LinkedIn was born in 2003, it was a service with incredible potential, but for the most part, it served two primary purposes: to provide a digital version of your resume, and to be a platform for virtual networking. Its key focus was job searching.
William Arruda • Digital You: Real Personal Branding in the Virtual Age
Although LinkedIn is still used as a job search and recruiting tool, its greatest value comes from the features that allow you to learn and grow, and to become a part of communities.
William Arruda • Digital You: Real Personal Branding in the Virtual Age
that LinkedIn never explicitly described itself as a “job seeking” product. This was a concern because there was a bit of a stigma appearing on a site when your coworkers or boss might see, and thus, it was safer to avoid the label. LinkedIn thus adopted a more flexible positioning as a professional networking service.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
First, LinkedIn does not cover every job category sufficiently. For example, blue collar workers have never been able to use LinkedIn to showcase their work history and to find new opportunities. Second, many job opportunities are in the form of gigs, or shifts, which are very different from the full time employment opportunities found on LinkedIn.
Jeff Fluhr • LinkedIn is the New Craigslist
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Reduced to its simplest form, LinkedIn is a digital resume. A profile consists of your past work experience, education, skills, and references. The posts, comments, and messages are like a cover letter. But we’ve long decided that there are better ways to showcase your ability than a list of the places you’ve worked, the school you went to, and a h... See more
Fadeke Adegbuyi • LinkedIn’s Alternate Universe - Divinations
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