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socialmedian's Jason Goldberg, Twit.tv's Leo Laporte, and several guests discuss election night and the impact of technology on campaign 2008. (Read More)
: So how do the hard working folks keep the new liberal president and the largely democratic senate and house out of our pockets. The one thing that we cannot afford is 12% unemployment, 12% annual cost of living increases, tax rates doubling accross the board, etc that has been seen when liberalism runs rampant. So where does the small business man go when the mandates that our new president says he will pursue makes it impossible to stay afloat and we die, along with our employees joining the unemployment lines..... We can only hope that he is a smart as the "majority" thinks he is and he does not play the stupid card.
Silicon Alley Insider
LinkedIn has finally announced its long-rumored $1 billion valuation, via a fourth round of investment led by Bain Capital. Bain, a new investor for the social network for grownups, lead a $53 million round; previous investors Sequoia, Greylock and Bessemer also kicked in. Last fall, when News Corp./LinkedIn rumors were flo (Read More)
: Now that we have more users and activity on socialmedian, i'd like to pose the question again. Would you by LinkedIn shares today if you could if the company is valued at $1B? I wouldn't.
: It is hard to value Linkedin because it does not provide a direct service. The real value is in the fact that it has a highly educated and high income user base that is very attractive to advertisers.