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Ex-Yahoos Getting Downloaded by PE Firms and Others on Possible Deals

Kara Swisher in News on November 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm PT

Former employees are good for something, apparently!

LinkedIn Beats Expectations in Second Quarter After IPO, but Stock Falls

Liz Gannes in Social on November 3, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT

LinkedIn exceeded Wall Street expectations in its second quarter as a public company, though it still had a narrow net loss.

President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!

Viral Video: Intern Flash Mob at LinkedIn All-Hands Meeting

Kara Swisher in Social on July 25, 2011 at 12:13 am PT

This is a very cute video of the interns at LinkedIn, the social business network, taking charge at a recent all-hands meeting.

Yes, That Is a Cat on the Head of a Soon-to-Be Public Company CEO. (And, of Course, It’s Groupon’s Andrew Mason.)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on July 5, 2011 at 4:11 pm PT

Do you think Zynga’s Mark Pincus would put a cat on his head for a national magazine shoot? Or LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner? Or, perish the thought, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook? But the wacky stylings of Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason seem to demand it.

Larry Ellison Has One, and Now 11 More Entrepreneurs Do, Too

Drake Martinet in News on June 27, 2011 at 8:31 am PT

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award has developed the reputation of finding its way to CEOs who go on to become big names. Larry Eliison has one. So does Carol Bartz. And on Saturday night, the business service firm handed out another 11 of the awards.

What Happens When a Social Media Company Goes Public? Twitpics, Blog Posts and Trending Topics.

Liz Gannes in Social on May 19, 2011 at 8:55 am PT

LinkedIn is notable for being the first major social networking company to go public, but it’s also one of the first companies to go public whose leaders are avid social networking users.

Does the LinkedIn IPO Validate Secondary Market Trading?

Liz Gannes in Social on May 19, 2011 at 1:00 am PT

LinkedIn will price its shares at $45 in its IPO today. That’s significantly more than $30.79, the price per share when SharesPost held a major auction for 95,500 LinkedIn shares on January 28.

LinkedIn Reaches 100 Million Users

Liz Gannes in Social on March 22, 2011 at 4:50 am PT

The professional online network LinkedIn, which has filed to go public, now has 100 million members, and is growing at a rate of one million new members per week.

Here Comes Another Web IPO: LinkedIn S-1 Filing Imminent

Kara Swisher in News on January 27, 2011 at 2:16 am PT

LinkedIn, the online business networking site, is likely to file regulatory documents for an initial public offering as early as today, according to sources close to the situation. Sources said LinkedIn is ready to submit an S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, its first step in the IPO process, and that could happen after the markets close this afternoon.