Reflections on the LinkedIn IPO and the Usability of LinkedIn Itself
by ilene - May 19th, 2011 11:06 pm
Courtesy of Mish
In Mania is Back: LinkedIn IPO Soars as Much as 173% in One Day, I discussed the mania over the LinkedIn IPO.
I have a few more comments that I also added as an addendum to the above post. ….
Addendum:
People chased the IPO as high as 122.70. After hours the price is down to $92.40. Those who just "had to have it" at any price are now down 24.7%
I suspect insiders will be bailing like mad as soon as the restricted lock-up period is over.
Reflections on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has 100 million accounts. How many are active? How often? For what purpose other than everyone being "linked in" to everyone else?
The key questions are:
- How will the growing number of accounts translate into actual earnings?
- What valuations will investors place on that growth?
It’s fair to point out just because I have little use for LinkedIn at the present time, does not mean others feel the same. Indeed, I may even change my mind and find a use later on.
Merging Profiles
I setup a LinkedIn account primarily because hundreds have asked me to be "Linked In", not because I had a particular need.
In fact, I have two LinkedIn accounts, both in my name, one under an email account I no longer have. I do not know my password for that account. I would like to merge the profiles because people find the wrong (inactive) "Mike Shedlock" profile all the time.
Unfortunately LinkedIn offers no convenient way to merge profiles. Worse yet, I get invites all the time with no real way to reply to them. It is a mess.
People have been bitching about this for something like forever as a search for merging linked in profiles shows.
LinkedIn has a cumbersome solution that involves inviting everyone from one group to another.
Log into your old account and click on My Contacts.
Scroll down to the bottom of that page and click on Export Connections
On the next page make sure that "Microsoft Outlook (.CSV File)" is selected from the drop down menu and then click on Export.
In the pop up window select "Save to Disk" then click on Ok.
Make sure that the file was saved to your computer
Log into your new account and click on "Add Connections" with the green button in
China’s Artificial Growth Is Creating An Energy And Industrial Stock Bubble
by ilene - August 26th, 2009 2:38 pm
China’s Artificial Growth Is Creating An Energy And Industrial Stock Bubble
Courtesy of Vitaliy Katsenelson at Contrarian Edge, posted at Clusterstock