DISQUS

Kris · 1 year ago

$100 Million in revenues is still paltry sum considering these "social networks" were supposed to be valued at billions of dollars. If you take a close look at MOST linkedin users their connections/networks range less than 30 people. Companies are not using, and numbers on usage are completely inflated. Finally, why would anyone need Linkedin or Facebook's calender tool, when Google's is already far advanced and has a single platform for all of this?

Dave Kustin · 1 year ago

Linkedin should take a look at WrapMail - which is an ideal software for service product that any business can use to promote and track with every external email from every user/employee. There is nothing to install on any desktop and nothing to learn and they are the only company currently operating in the person-to-person email marketing space.

Chris · 1 year ago

Dave, as the EVP of Marketing at WrapMail, are you looking to be bought?

Ian Hendry · 1 year ago

LinkedIn is not worth $1bn. Arguably, no company in a recessive market with total revenues of only $100m is worth $1bn. Add the context of its European rival Xing having a market cap of $300m on total revenues of $44m from just 4m members (1/5 the size) and it looks even more overpriced.

Ultimately though, both are just job sites rather than marketplaces for B2B. The only companies that place a value on LinkedIn are recruitment firms - there are thousands of those in good times, but they disappear with the jobs when times get tough. It the demographic of LinkedIn offered so much potential, why has it not been realised in the 5 years they have been going?

I am quite sure Allen & Co will find someone to buy in, but they’ll be dumb for passing up a much cheaper alternative with Xing and its multi-language support.

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