Posts by Manu Sharma

Some of you may have read a recent post from our co-founder, Reid Hoffman, on his book “The Startup of You” (co-authored with Ben Casnocha). In the book, we’re introduced to a couple of interesting concepts on professional networking. One of these is the idea of “IWe” – how the strength of your network out to the third degree magnifies your individual...

Wonder what really makes people cringe when they look at your LinkedIn Profile? It’s those clichéd words and phrases. You know what they are -- those ambiguous ones that really don’t tell you anything. As we head into 2011 our Analytics Team decided to take a crack at finding the most clichéd and overused phrases for the past year using over 85 million LinkedIn...