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Last September, the Arizona Republic newspaper cited StarupNation as a, “SORT OF A MYSPACE FOR START-UPS,” and an insightful article in the Feb. 2007 issue of Business 2.0, cited LinkedIn as, “…The MySpace for Adults.”

The article unchains the series of links that connected two, anonymous entrepreneurs with Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley`s most sought-after angel investors. Apparently, in an unidentified Starbucks location at 4:30 on Sunday afternoons, Hoffman tends to field pitches from entrepreneurs.  Many other LinkedIn success stories are included in the article.  The caveat of using LinkedIn is that there can be no more five degrees of LinkedIn separation between you and the target contact.  

As always, I’m curious…to know if your participation in the StartupNation community has lead to a connection with someone that has had a profound impact on your small business?  If so, do you think that you would have EVER met this person within six degrees of separation had you not met in the forums?

You`re not alone, nhgnikole!  I haven`t had much success using it either, however I believe it`s because I haven`t transfered all of my Plaxo contacts to my LinkedIn accout quite yet...Even LinkedIn has stated that in order to to become a mass phenomenon - and massively valuable in the process, it needs the 80 percent of members who visit the site only occasionally to become addicted users.  So, you may want to stay tuned as LinkedIn is launching new features to increase stickniness, or to make its user base scale ultimately tip!  They`re also focusing on extending their global reach. 

Glad to hear that the StartupNation community is invaluable to you!  StartupNation.com is indeed a "MySpace for Start-ups!"

BTW, Elusive Treasures’ one of a kind home decorative pieces are beautiful - especially the Bamboo Wrapped vases!  Have you registered for the StartupNation Marketplace?