Ian Leslie » Social media http://www.ianleslie.com Ian Leslie's Personal and Business Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:11:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Linkedin to raise $275m on a valuation of $3.3 billion http://www.ianleslie.com/linkedin-to-raise-275m-on-a-valuation-of-3-3-billion/ http://www.ianleslie.com/linkedin-to-raise-275m-on-a-valuation-of-3-3-billion/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 05:00:28 +0000 admin http://www.ianleslie.com/?p=334 BBC news were discussing the IPO floatation of Linkedin next week and the business being valued at $3.3 Billion dollars.

At the same time BBC news were suggesting there were rumours that Microsoft has bought Skype. Reporting figures of around $ 8.5 dollars

On takeover chatter the following is being reported

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) is close to buying web video conferencing service Skype, for $8.5 billion including debt, a source familiar with the situation said. The deal would rank as the biggest for the software company. A deal is expected to be announced as early as Tuesday morning, the source said. The source declined to be named because the talks are not public. Microsoft and Skype declined comment. Skype, which had delayed plans for an initial public offering, had recently been looking at other options.

Interesting times ahead. Are we moving towards more .com floatations and fund raising.?

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“over the past year or more, you have probably heard your fair share of people telling you that you need to use Twitter if you hope to have business success. It’s true that there are a great many opportunities and potential benefits to using the service, but do you have to use it? Well, that depends.”

Read the full article here Here

Is it OK to say no to Twitter

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