LinkedIn in 2010 was the online résumé: profiles, connection requests from people you met once, and recruiters' InMail. It reported passing 90 million members around the end of the year and prepared for a 2011 stock-market debut.
- Domain in 2010
- linkedin.com
- Launched
- 5 May 2003
- Founders
- Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly, Jean-Luc Vaillant
- Owner in 2010
- LinkedIn Corporation (private)
- Status today
- Acquired
What people used it for
- Professional profiles and connections
- Job hunting and recruiting
- Company pages and groups
Interface characteristics
- Blue header bar and boxed résumé sections
- Connection counts and "People you may know"
- Sparse, form-like pages
Notable features
- InMail messaging
- Recommendations from colleagues
- Groups and Answers
What happened later
LinkedIn went public in May 2011 and was bought by Microsoft in 2016 for $26.2 billion.
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