The $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) took many in Silicon Valley by surprise, including some of those who know the company well. We caught up with Eric Ly, LinkedIn's founding CTO to discuss how the company has grown since its origins in the dot-com bust, why it's so valuable to Microsoft (hint: it's the data), and why we're "still at the beginning" of merging social networking with business. Ly is now CEO of Presdo, a social platform for events, which…Miyerkules, Hunyo 22, 2016
LinkedIn co-founder on what's really driving Microsoft's acquisition
The $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) took many in Silicon Valley by surprise, including some of those who know the company well. We caught up with Eric Ly, LinkedIn's founding CTO to discuss how the company has grown since its origins in the dot-com bust, why it's so valuable to Microsoft (hint: it's the data), and why we're "still at the beginning" of merging social networking with business. Ly is now CEO of Presdo, a social platform for events, which…
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