Comments on: What’s happening at LinkedIn? Is it getting bought? [Update 3: Or getting funded?]

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By: Jeff Conners

Jeff Conners — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:37:07 +0000

You mentioned in your story “In recent months, the company has rolled out a developer platform for integration with third-party applications and web site” and then you link to a story written six months earlier. There is no developer API that I can see. You have to email developer@linkedin.com and then maybe if you’re lucky, you’ll get access to their API. They have only come out with a few widgets whereas Facebook has thousands of add-ons with no limit to what you can do. I think it is BS and irresponsible of both you and Linkedin to propogate this story of an open developer API when none exisits or if it does exist, it is very much a closed API and only open to those deemed worthy of working with Linkedin. I.e., $$$.

By: garciaborboroglu » Blog Archive » Linkedin!

garciaborboroglu » Blog Archive » Linkedin! — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:07:55 +0000

[...] el posible valor del negocio en gral de LinkedIn, 1.000 Millones de U$S, y sobre cómo se valoran sus ingresos por el concepto de publicidad, Mariano Amartino hizo una [...]

By: Is LinkedIn Worth $1 Billion? - GigaOM

Is LinkedIn Worth $1 Billion? - GigaOM — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:09:56 +0000

[...] question of over-valuation had first popped up when I read about this round in May 2008 on Venturebeat . Techcrunch then reported that Allen & Co, the New York bank was helping Reid [...]

By: Unfortune

Unfortune — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:37:14 +0000

[...] sources say. This is a story we’ve been working on and isn’t fully baked yet, but VentureBeat started speculating about a potential buyout and so we’re going with what we have [...]

By: Mikey

Mikey — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:40:46 +0000

Nice article

By: Manski

Manski — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:03:24 +0000

Eric/all

Not sure if you saw that NewsCorp dropped there bid for Newsday. That acquisition would have been the only barrier to a LinkedIn acquisition.

This is very interesting, and will be interested to see your reporting on it…

By: Como aprovechar LinkedIn profesionalmente y al máximo | LatamTech.Biz

Como aprovechar LinkedIn profesionalmente y al máximo | LatamTech.Biz — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:15:34 +0000

[...] el posible valor del negocio en gral de LinkedIn, 1.000 Millones de U$S, y sobre cómo se valoran sus ingresos por el concepto de publicidad, Mariano Amartino hizo una [...]

By: Private Equity

Private Equity — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:26:45 +0000

Given Allen & Co. were recently able to get $850 mil for Bebo, I can see how they’re confident with Linkedin at a $1 billion.

By: Linkedin Acquired? « FusionSearchers

Linkedin Acquired? « FusionSearchers — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:19:47 +0000

[...] Search for a Sales Executive BPO Linkedin Acquired? 2008 Gossip & gossip at Venturebeat. Truemors is quit about this but Cnet picked it [...]

By: LinkedIn ¿valuada en USD1000 millones? | Denken Über

LinkedIn ¿valuada en USD1000 millones? | Denken Über — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:41:41 +0000

[...] y el rumor apareció en demasiados lugares como para dejarlo pasar (TechCrunch y VentureBeat, por [...]

By: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder

ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA « Daily Marauder — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:41:10 +0000

[...] Venture Partners. The new round reportedly values the company at $1 billion. (Iwantmedia 5/6, http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/05/whats-happening-at-linkedin-is-it-getting-bought [...]

By: Web 2.0 Valuations: Not a hard and fast science « These two cents

Web 2.0 Valuations: Not a hard and fast science « These two cents — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:26:23 +0000

[...] billion dollars, on revenue less than a couple million. Today, we learned that LinkedIN may command a $1 billion valuation. All early adopter Web 2.0 techies know this but the fact remains, my mother does not know what a [...]

By: Wittes Welt » Der Dienstag, 2.Teil

Wittes Welt » Der Dienstag, 2.Teil — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:11:07 +0000

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By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:00:15 +0000

@ Dave McClure and other Web 2.0 sycophants/schmucks

Lookie here, we have Dave McClure, the internet’s version of Sideshow Bob showing up to call me a doofus. Please learn to spell please Dave. You don’t have the slightest clue about business either since you’ve never ran one for yourself.

Raising more money because you can only makes sense if it’s worth giving up the equity. If you’re a founder taking money off the table, you’re only doing so because you’re not very certain about the future prospects of the business. Reid is sending a terrible message to the rest of his team too as there isn’t likely to be a tag along provision for employees.

You also fail to address the issue of the return hurdles. The higher the valuation you raise money at, the higher the required return hurdle to actually have a successful exit.

Please learn business, math, finance, and common sense before you pollute the world with your awful writing, grammar, and logic.