LinkedIn - Most Powerful Professional Networking Contacts

I wrote something about venture capitalist yesterday.

And after that, I browsed http://linkedin.com.
To my surprise, it contains a huge professional contacts, including those who are interested in funding for a startup company.

If you're in business (whether offline or online), LinkedIn is A MUST!. You can never ignore it.

Have a try, and you'll surprise.

 

Yes, http://linkedin.com is a very good network.

 

Honestly, it's very professional. Unlike all 'waste-of-time-and-bandwidth' social networking.

There's a lot of CEO and managers in the network.
Try join today.

 

Well 1 question

Is LinkedIn for people like me, that simply ONLY profit of websites?

Isn't it for people that are doing other things, like bigger business

 

it's for anyone in any industry.

for angel money, you could also try gobignetwork.com

 

I tried linkedin last year and so far I can not see what I get out of it, sorry.

Maybe I missed something, is there someone that can help a bit ? how do you get new connection through it ?

 

you're right there... many people from quite high ranks are on there too...

 

Thanks for the link, http://gobignetwork.com
What a nice marketplace there.

It's not limited to IT only. Things such as agriculture, biotechnology etc are also funded by different VC.

Anybody successful applicant with VC, or via gobignetwork.com? Share your story here (or , errm... maybe they're just too bz to visit DP... LOL.. )

 

The marketplace at Go Big Network is new. Might be a good time to get in and find work before it is widely known.

As far as success stories here is what I found
• Funding Testimonials on the right side of the funding page
• Anatomy of a Go BIG-Funded Company: ProPractica
• The General Testimonial Page (which includes investor testimonials)


I'm the marketing manager at Go Big so if you have any questions PM me or ask them here.

Linkedin is a great networking site based around the business world. There are a ton of recruiters on that site so if you are looking for a corporate gig that woud be the place to go.

Go Big was built to support startps, entrepreneurs and small business.

 

The problem with VC's is that you have to be large or about to be large, they want stage B round of funding with a member of the vc on the board of your corp, you need to be into them for a 250,000 before they'll consider you worthwhile, overall they're just not worth it. Very hard to get their attention and then large strings attached when you do.

The problem with angels is pretty much the same, they start with smaller loans, you can get 100,000 from an angel investor but they still want to B round financing and a considerable portion of the commonstock/shares pre IPO . Again, I've not found any angel investor groups worth the price the cost.

If you're just starting up, then you need start up capital or seed money. That means a lot of different things to a lot of different people but from my experience, seed money is best spent and managed if it comes in monthly, like someone with deep pockets giving your business an allowance. Instead of 240,000 you get 20grand, when it's all gone you get 20 more.

For larger amounts, bite the bullet and get a partner, device the best business terms you can live with and then shop around for a partner. Knowing your deal up front and sticking to it will be best for everyone involved in the long run.

Wes