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It’s worth mentioning that this VC is an investor in Webflow, one of the companies mentioned that is “unbundling LinkedIn”.
by tarr11 7y ago
It’s worth mentioning that this VC is an investor in Webflow, one of the companies mentioned that is “unbundling LinkedIn”.
- sequoia 7y agoYeah that's not ethical as far as I know to not disclose one's financial connection to a company one is "reporting" about. For posterity can you link to her connection to webflow?
- rauchp 7y agoIronically enough, it's on her LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannekimmel https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannekimmel
- npo9 7y agoIt is unethical, but the entire article is designed to convince people LinkedIn is outdated. It’s written on a blog that has 0 other submissions to hacker news. It was obviously a fluff piece written by someone trying to disrupt professional networks. It doesn’t change the quality of her argument.
- tarr11 7y agoI found it on her Twitter https://twitter.com/briannekimmel https://twitter.com/briannekimmel
- nmcfarl 7y agoWebflow seems to be a Wix competitor - and in spite of her mentioning it's "template showcase" in the article as example of some sort of next generation LinkedIn community replacement - it's really a place to buy templates - and I would bet that no one has ever "built an audience there" much less gotten a gig (that's not directly related to a template they sold (or gave away)).