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To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (51)	5/19/2011 5:28:16 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 272

Goldman is not nearly as smart as the venture capital investors in LinkedIn...and firms like Greylock and Sequoia got in early but held all of their shares...Let's see where the stock price is several months from now when the VCs may start to unload shares.

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (51)	5/20/2011 2:01:13 PM
From: benhorseman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 272

Goldman Sachs is very smart: it more than double it's money in one day. Now the price of LNKD has been dropping under 100. Below is an interesting article: Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: LinkedIn's Troubling Debut (Final) thestreet.com

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (51)	5/20/2011 4:28:52 PM
From: stockman_scott	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 272

This is an interesting comment on LinkedIn -- it's from a SeekingAlpha discussion board: <<...While the current valuation is absurd, I disagree with your proposition that lean times spell disaster for LinkedIn...LinkedIn was successful at building their network precisely because of the recent recession and high unemployment rates, and to peg them as a simple job board or a paid recruitment tool overlooks the value of the network they've created. LinkedIn is the professional Rolodex of the 21st century and is well positioned to take advantage of all those eyeballs in bad times as well as good. Taking it a step further, if LinkedIn could create a suite of collaborative tools for their member base, they have the potential to become not only an incubator for the businesses of tomorrow, but a serious competitor for online advertising dollars. The challenge for them isn't a cyclical job market. Its figuring out how to get members to spend as much time on their site as they currently spend on Facebook...Facebook is a time waster whereas LinkedIn has the potential to add constructive features to lure the professional set away from Farmville and baby photos...>>