2. WHAT IS LINKEDIN??
• Its one of the largest professional Networks
• Social Networking site
• Allows you to discover many other people in your profession or gives you business
opportunities
• Helps you start up your own business
• Gives you newsfeed, of what's happening around the world
• What is LinkedIn? - YouTube
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3. BENEFITS
• Enables easy email connection
• Helps inform people how to get in touch with others
• Allows businesses to get in touch with potential customers
• LinkedIn For Business Step by Step Tutorial - YouTube
• Ease of advertising
• Getting Started with LinkedIn Ads - YouTube
• Allows users to view resumes of potential employees
• LinkedIn Tutorial - Uploading A Resume - YouTube
• Recommendations
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4. HISTORY OF LINKEDIN
• CEO Jeff Weiner from Yahoo Inc. & Chairman of The Board
• Founded by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Eric Ly, Jean Luc Vaillant, Lee Hower, Konstantin
Guericke, Stephen Betizel, David Eves, Ian McNish, Yan Pujante & Chris Saccheri from
PayPal & Socialnet.com
• Headquarters is in Mountain View, California With offices in Omaha, Chicago, New York,
London and Dublin.
• Funded by Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture partners
and European Founders Fund.
• January 2011, Received total $103 Million Of investments
• 2003,Sequoia Capital led Series A investment in the Co.
• June 2008, Firms Purchased 5%Stake in Co. for $53Mil., Giving Valuation of $1Bil.
• 2010, Opened International HQ’s in Dublin, Ireland
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5. MEMBERSHIP
• 225 Million Members in over 200 Countries and Territories
• US has 74 Million For Linkedin
• India has 20 Million
• UK has 11 Million
• Canada has 7 Million
• Australia has 4 Million
• UAE has 1.3 Million
• Competitors have less members
• Viadeo has 50 Million
• Xing has 10 Million
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