Linked In Live

I connected on the ground with my first Linked In contact. Brent
Clark, co-founder of Consulture LLC, http://www.consulturellc.com/,
a forensic accounting, valuations and lit support firm firm near Atlanta, and I lunched at the lovely Buckhead Club and discussed referrals we could make to each other, as well as how we could network together in the Atlanta market. We both service lawyers and accountants, so we have a mutual client base.

Brent is amazing, having started a group on Linked In for forensic accountants that is mushrooming members daily. He really "gets"connecting people and he "gets" networking but by nature, he is a giver - as well as a generous yet savvy business person for his clients.

It is a so cool to know that you can be connected online and have the relationship turn out to be a credible, valuable, mutually beneficial one.

Web 2.0 doubters be damned.

OK, here's the big (I mean billion-$ big) news:

We saw in the WSJ yesterday that Linked In got a $53 million investment infusion, and that the company is now valued at $1B.

This is the exponential power of attracting masses of people who want to connect professionally. The question: What's next for Linked In?

LinkedIn Gets $53 Million Infusion - Wall Street Journal Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 05:57 AM - 1 day, 19 hours ago - World News Headlines - Google News Headlines By REBECCA BUCKMAN LinkedIn Corp., a business-networking Web site, has received a $53 million infusion from blue-chip venture capitalists that values the company at $1 billion.

For athletes, professional turned business folks, Athlinked is connecting the physically advanced:

ATHLINKED Launches a Professional and Social Networking Platform ...PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USAATHLINKED, a niche professional and social networking platform based out of the Washington, DC Metro Region, has officially launched its website. ...See all stories on this topic


There seems to be greater emphasis on personal networks cropping on to the scene versus business sites that would give Linked In a run for their money. An exception to this is:
www.salesconx.com. Here's a site where sales leads are bought and sold, but membership is FREE.

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