If nothing else, we serve as examples to other people. 

His position was not a particularly stunning revelation, but it made me analyze my history in multiple aspects.  Years ago, I made a job change that required me to take more control over my daily actions.  I decided to participate in networking groups and meet people regularly.  I was the only one in my company to travel outside the office, and I felt strange about taking my own path.

For a while, I wasn’t really making any impact.  I was collecting business cards and making friends, but it wasn’t bringing in money.  I considered quitting, but as time went on, more people in the company started asking questions about what I was doing.  Slowly, they started joining me.  Soon, multiple coworkers were attending these events.  Over time, that company developed an understanding of the importance of community involvement and networking.

I saw four former coworkers today at a networking event.  They are happy to be out of the office, meeting people and developing relationships in the business community.

It’s nice to know that you can make an impact, even if it’s only thorough example.

Greetings.

(****WE WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH
LINKEDIN IN ANYWAY!!!****)

If you are here, you were either invited, or you somehow stumbled upon us. Either way, we hope you find this process interesting, and worthwhile!

This placeholder has been established within the LinkedIn environment to explain what we’re attempting to create, as well as to potentially attract members to our team.

We’re currently a small team, that’s relatively new to LinkedIn. We’re familiar with the overall goals of LinkedIn, just never really needed to use it, or contribute to the overall LinkedIn community, until now.

Surprisingly, they have 9 connections so far! It seems they are operating out of San Francisco, Texas and Florida. This seems to be their goal:

Our goal is to build a team of people/developers, who want to be part of a Sweat Equity Startup. We recognize the need to have income to pay your bills, so if you’re looking for a paid/salaried function, this isn’t for you. (Once we have revenues flowing, we believe we’ll be more than willing to entertain you guys!!) Initially, we’re looking for partners! 

I have met many people face-to-face with similar idea but this is the first time I am seeing this happen on LinkedIn. They seem to have some type of infrastructure ready to go and have a business plan probably.

Can LinkedIn platform help in this quest for Sweat Equity?

Will six degrees of separation  work in their favor?

Only time will tell. Filed under Concepts.

Dear [Name]

I would love to give you a recommendation/endorsement. However I have not worked or done any business with you and I do not know enough about you to write a recommendation for you. I would suggest that you contact someone who has either worked with you or has done business with you to get a proper recommendation/endorsement. Secondly the recommendation will be more genuine if it comes from someone you have worked with before.

The people who read your recommendation are definitely checking if the recommendation is from someone who has worked with you or is it just a fellow networker.

I am sure we will do some business in future and I will be in a better position to recommend/endorse you and your business.

Cordially,

I would love to know, how you have dealt with such situation.

Notice on the bottom of the page, you can change your visibility settings.  This will allow people to see your name when you view their profile.  Personally, I’ve contacted several people this way, so it’s a great little way to “ping” a prospective business partner.

It’s a failure in trust.  Corporations are more concerned with policing staff than empowering them with access to information.

It’s a failure in vision.  What can your employees achieve when given greater capabilities?

It’s a failure in Human Resources.  If you can’t hire professionals that you can trust with time management, you’re doing something incorrectly.

When considering LinkedIn or any other information-based resource, company policy makers need to strongly consider the impact of potential benefit over potential loss.  Too many people in “corporate” want to say “NO!” instead of “Yes.  How can we make this happen?”  Employees are not given enough freedom to innovate because they’re strapped down with restrictions.

Take that to your board.

“LinkedIn has helped me with my new career by getting the changes and new contact information out to all my contacts in a very simplistic manner.   In turn, the response regarding my change was very well received, judging by the responses from my contacts via the new LinkedIn contact information I posted.  Some people that I haven’t heard from or made contact with in months responded to the changes in a very favorable manner.  I was shocked at the number of responses within an hour or two of the new posting.  That kind of marketing power is huge when it comes to keeping and maintaining a name for yourself.”