The Sky is Falling, Zombies are Coming and LinkedIn is Raking it In!
May 21st, 2011
Since the end of the world is near, I thought I’d take a moment to congratulate LinkedIn for their phenomenal success this week, since after tomorrow, apparently, it won’t mean squat. Or, well, if only some people get beamed up into heaven, it will still matter to the rest left here until the physical world actually ends in October. (Can you believe people are really buying into this stuff? I mean, c’mon, the guy thought the same thing in like, 1994, BUT he’s totally sure he’s right this time. Gimme a break. – However finding out that the CDC has an actual page up with tips for surviving a Zombie Apocalypse made me so relieved, I hardly knew what to do with myself. Any self respecting American male has a Zombie Apocalypse survival plan all laid out, right? Yeah, glad I’m not alone.)
Anyway, LinkedIn went Public yesterday, selling shares at the start for around $45. I think WebProNews reported that they are now somewhere around $105. Pretty sweet, and fairly amazing, considering that LinkedIn not as popular as Twitter or Facebook – yet. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, and his cohorts are probably pretty darn happy today. I hope that the company continues to grow – they’ve been doing some pretty interesting things over at LinkedIn lately, and this will give them the opportunity to expand their products even further (assuming we’re not looking at some sort of social media bubble like the tech bubble of the mid nineties to 2000). Looking forward to seeing what the come up with, I mean, if I’m still here Monday – or Zombies haven’t invaded or anything. I think I’ll go leave a set of my clothes draped over my office chair. Come Monday morning, most of the Group will think I’ve been “raptured” and I can go play golf – who’s with me?
