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LinkedIn Is Buying SlideShare For $119 Million

jeff-weinerLinkedIn just announced plans to buy SlideShare for $119 million.

It will be 45% cash and 55% stock. SlideShare allows users to upload documents to the web and have them embedded all over the place. more…

Story Of LinkedIn’s Stunning Success

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Reid Hoffman

A month after its IPO, LinkedIn has a $7 billion market cap.

We spoke to Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn’s executive chairman and principal founder, as well as two former long-time executives to learn the story of how a company founded amidst the rubble of the 1990s bust managed that feat. more…