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	<title>Comments on: Confirmed: LinkedIn raises funding at $1B valuation, plans to buy smaller companies before going public</title>
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		<title>By: edhardy622</title>
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		<dc:creator>edhardy622</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: The LinkedIn Blog &#187; Blog Archive And so do CNN Money, CNBC, and Yahoo! Tech Ticker &#171;</title>
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		<dc:creator>The LinkedIn Blog &#187; Blog Archive And so do CNN Money, CNBC, and Yahoo! Tech Ticker &#171;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Boom Town, TechCrunch, LA Times, Venture Beat, Reuters, Guardian Online, BBC News and [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Boom Town, TechCrunch, LA Times, Venture Beat, Reuters, Guardian Online, BBC News and [...]</p>
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		<title>By: LinkedIn raises $22.7M from SAP, other strategic investors &#187; VentureBeat</title>
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		<dc:creator>LinkedIn raises $22.7M from SAP, other strategic investors &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Professional networking site LinkedIn has raised another $22.7 million, bringing its total backing to slightly more than $100 million. The new funding is an addition to the round that LinkedIn raised in April at a valuation of more than $1 billion. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Professional networking site LinkedIn has raised another $22.7 million, bringing its total backing to slightly more than $100 million. The new funding is an addition to the round that LinkedIn raised in April at a valuation of more than $1 billion. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange &#187; VentureBeat</title>
		<link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/confirmed-linkedin-raises-funding-to-buy-smaller-companies-before-it-goes-public/comment-page-1/#comment-826867</link>
		<dc:creator>Startup wiki TradeVibes rings the bell on its fantasy stock exchange &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Since each company has a million shares, you can even estimate a valuation by multiplying the stock price by 1 million. So, as of about 11:30 Monday evening, the Startup Exchange valued professional networking site LinkedIn at $864 million, and build-your-own-social-network startup Ning at $570 million. (The Ning valuation is pretty close to the $560 million post-money valuation in its latest funding round, while LinkedIn&#8217;s falls a bit short of its recent $1 billion valuation.) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Since each company has a million shares, you can even estimate a valuation by multiplying the stock price by 1 million. So, as of about 11:30 Monday evening, the Startup Exchange valued professional networking site LinkedIn at $864 million, and build-your-own-social-network startup Ning at $570 million. (The Ning valuation is pretty close to the $560 million post-money valuation in its latest funding round, while LinkedIn&#8217;s falls a bit short of its recent $1 billion valuation.) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Çetin Toray&#8217;ın Kişisel Blog Sayfası &#187; Blog Archive &#187; LinkedIn fonlarını 1 milyar dolar seviyesine çeker ve..</title>
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		<dc:creator>Çetin Toray&#8217;ın Kişisel Blog Sayfası &#187; Blog Archive &#187; LinkedIn fonlarını 1 milyar dolar seviyesine çeker ve..</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Gelecek günlerde LinkedIn&#8217;in bir takım küçük ölçekli firmayla ilgileneceğini ve bunları satın alacağını göreceğiz. Ardından LinkedIn yatırımcıları şirketin iş ilişkileri merkezinde tam organizasyonu sağlamasıyla beraber halka açılması da gerçekleşecek. (kaynak) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Gelecek günlerde LinkedIn&#8217;in bir takım küçük ölçekli firmayla ilgileneceğini ve bunları satın alacağını göreceğiz. Ardından LinkedIn yatırımcıları şirketin iş ilişkileri merkezinde tam organizasyonu sağlamasıyla beraber halka açılması da gerçekleşecek. (kaynak) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: And so do CNN Money, CNBC, and Yahoo! Tech Ticker &#124; Networking Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>And so do CNN Money, CNBC, and Yahoo! Tech Ticker &#124; Networking Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, CNN Money, Boom Town, TechCrunch, LA Times, Venture Beat, Reuters, Guardian Online, BBC News and [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Monetization Does NOT Equal Revenue &#171; the geek GIANT</title>
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		<dc:creator>Monetization Does NOT Equal Revenue &#171; the geek GIANT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] LinkedIn recently completed a founding round of $53 million, I nearly choked. Not only does this value the company at $1 BILLION, but it also gives them plenty of ammo to fire across the bows of upstart SocNets. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] LinkedIn recently completed a founding round of $53 million, I nearly choked. Not only does this value the company at $1 BILLION, but it also gives them plenty of ammo to fire across the bows of upstart SocNets. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Rumor: High school social network MyYearbook raising a &#8220;huge&#8221; round &#187; VentureBeat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rumor: High school social network MyYearbook raising a &#8220;huge&#8221; round &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This seems especially probable as a rash of other social networks and related companies have raised large rounds, mostly recently social network application company RockYou and business social network LinkedIn. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This seems especially probable as a rash of other social networks and related companies have raised large rounds, mostly recently social network application company RockYou and business social network LinkedIn. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Facebook&#8217;s Matt Cohler leaves for Benchmark Capital &#187; VentureBeat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Facebook&#8217;s Matt Cohler leaves for Benchmark Capital &#187; VentureBeat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] This is a coup for Benchmark &#8212; not only was Cohler one of the first five employees hired by Facebook&#8217;s founders, where he helped oversee the company&#8217;s growth; he was also part of the founding team at LinkedIn, the professional networking company which recently raised additional funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] This is a coup for Benchmark &#8212; not only was Cohler one of the first five employees hired by Facebook&#8217;s founders, where he helped oversee the company&#8217;s growth; he was also part of the founding team at LinkedIn, the professional networking company which recently raised additional funding at a valuation of more than $1 billion. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: LinkedIn: One Billion Dream Dollars&#124; Zoli&#8217;s Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>LinkedIn: One Billion Dream Dollars&#124; Zoli&#8217;s Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Confirmed: LinkedIn raises funding at $1B valuation, plans to buy smaller companies before going pub... [via Zemanta] [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Erik</title>
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		<dc:creator>Erik</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When you say &quot;making money&quot; I think you mean &quot;generating revenue&quot;, unless they really have a profit of $100 million per year, in which case that $1 billion valuation would be a bargain instead of bubble territory.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you say &#8220;making money&#8221; I think you mean &#8220;generating revenue&#8221;, unless they really have a profit of $100 million per year, in which case that $1 billion valuation would be a bargain instead of bubble territory.</p>
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		<title>By: MaximilianoDeMuro</title>
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		<dc:creator>MaximilianoDeMuro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This will put Linkedin on the top... with Microsoft crazy happy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This will put Linkedin on the top&#8230; with Microsoft crazy happy.</p>
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		<title>By: Facebook Ads now targeting professional titles, taking LinkedIn head on&#8230; &#171; RobWebb2k</title>
		<link>http://venturebeat.com/2008/06/17/confirmed-linkedin-raises-funding-to-buy-smaller-companies-before-it-goes-public/comment-page-1/#comment-817215</link>
		<dc:creator>Facebook Ads now targeting professional titles, taking LinkedIn head on&#8230; &#171; RobWebb2k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] LinkedIn is still using a massively inflated CPM rate card (included below) despite their recent $1B valuation and and MySpace still uses Google adwords, putting Facebook miles ahead of the rest of the social [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] LinkedIn is still using a massively inflated CPM rate card (included below) despite their recent $1B valuation and and MySpace still uses Google adwords, putting Facebook miles ahead of the rest of the social [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Blog Marketing Journal</title>
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		<dc:creator>Blog Marketing Journal</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting news - LinkedIn is great - will be interesting to see who they buy up!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting news &#8211; LinkedIn is great &#8211; will be interesting to see who they buy up!</p>
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