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Tag: Economic Graph
LinkedIn at 20: Adapting to Changing Networking Trends
In 2013, I documented a major milestone: LinkedIn’s 10th anniversary. At the time, I wrote that the company has achieved a status most startups dream about, becoming a key player in bringing our professional lives online. Indeed, after two decades, LinkedIn has moved beyond being analogous to being the MySpace or Facebook of our professional […]
Microsoft’s Push To Capitalize On LinkedIn’s Economic Graph
It’s commonplace to look at a company’s acquisition news and be puzzled by how the move fits in with the buyer’s vision. One need only look at LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft in 2016 as an example. In its largest deal to date, the Redmond, Wash.-based technology company spent more than $26 billion to acquire a […]