
Microsoft and its $ 26.2 billion appeared on the scene. However, the company made one of its most important decisions in mid-2016, when it realized that, if it wanted to continue climbing, it needed a broader structure, beyond which, in itself, had already become a benchmark from the techie universe. "You stand behind me, telling me:‘ Do this, do the other ’," a senior executive told the great founder of LinkedIn shortly before leaving his post. Although on the road, as in any project, there were stones and some quite difficult to erode. With him in charge, as CEO, the firm grew. Hoffman went from ‘Mafia PayPal’ (a group of former PayPal employees and founders, including Elon Musk) to build his own venture in just six months, at the hands of former co-workers and the university. However, nourished by knowledge in philosophy and the art of strategy, learned thanks to spending hours and hours analyzing board games, he managed to create an online community that directly challenged companies.Īlthough it is always difficult to introduce changes, this platform went deep in the way companies look for talent and, in the same way, it served as a tool for employees to have direct access to managers and firms, within the reach of a click.

He was born from the mind of Reid Hoffman, an intellectual who had had no luck in the social media business for having arrived "too early" and, in his own words, saw the light "in the midst of the winter of the dotcoms."


LinkedIn appeared more than 16 years ago to kick the networking table, which until now was limited to social events or personal references, and job searches.

In many other cases, it was filed at an entrance table. From how to present the data to ‘sell’ better until, on some occasions, wait hours at the door of an office to reach the right person to give it to you. Assembling a curriculum vitae used to be an artisanal task, almost of goldsmithing, to be able to stand out among so many information sheets that reached companies.
