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Re: LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel

Dex — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:16:00 -0000

The self-selection bias is not one to discount! You have to think of the main demographic that uses Linkedin, and the effect on the company reporting. However, this does not necessarily negate the usefulness of cross country comparisons as the averages ages etc. are all still drawing off of the same sample set.
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Re: LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel

Mia — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:40:00 -0000

I think it's great that LinkedIn is leveraging the huge database it has gathered on its user base. However, the accuracy of this data is suspect as OntarioEmperor pointed out, because it's self-selecting and it's based on the information that users enter into the system. Any clues as to how they are planning to monetize this?

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Ontario Emperor — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:05:00 -0000

You need to be careful about relying too much on the LinkedIn data. LinkedIn is, in a sense, self-selecting, inasmuch as the only people from your company that are on LinkedIn are those who are interested in business networking.

I think the bigger story on the business profiles, rather than people jumping from Apple to NeXT to Apple, is that male/female ratio of LinkedIn users. My gut feeling is that the number of males in the companies is overstated. If true, then you need to start to wonder why females aren't LinkingIn. (I would presume that LinkedIn itself is examining this issue.)

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Anonymous — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:45:00 -0000

Same idiots, different companies.

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Joining Dots — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:30:00 -0000

I broke my six year stint at Microsoft into the 3 roles I had. That might make it look like I joined and left and joined and left the same company...

...from one of the 30% :-)

Re: LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel

louisgray — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:44:00 -0000

@Todd, I believe it means man folks have had more than one stint at Apple. It's not serial. Maybe they went from Apple to General Magic or Next and then came back. Apple's been around long enough for that to happen.

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Todd Dailey — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:41:00 -0000

People from Apple joined Apple from Apple, and when they leave they are going to Apple?

I'm confused. :)

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Haluk — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:33:00 -0000

Very interesting stuff!

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Mark Collier — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:32:00 -0000

This data will probably be picked up by the investment community as well, at least the blogging contigent (e.g. Blodget)

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allen — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0000

absolutely awesome job Louis

Re: LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel

louisgray — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:37:00 -0000

Also make sure to check out Jeremiah Owyang's comments: What’s the Persona of Your Company? Examining the LinkedIn Company Directory

Re: LinkedIn Company Detail Shows Silicon Valley Carousel

Jeremiah Owyang — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:21:00 -0000

This is really great, nice job