A few companies seem to be trying it with different variations and targeting different personas - including hired, angelist/wellfound, peerlist, xing and lunchm

A few companies seem to be trying it with different variations and targeting different personas - including hired, angelist/wellfound, peerlist, xing and lunchmeet. While LI is probably a broad network that does all things average, the new startups in this space are trying to go deeper into specific verticals and add more value there.