Comments on: LinkedIn is aiming for (not so geeky) Europeans http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/25/linkedin-is-aiming-for-not-so-geeky-europeans/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:23:52 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vincent http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/25/linkedin-is-aiming-for-not-so-geeky-europeans/#comment-360730 Vincent Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:55 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/25/linkedin-is-aiming-for-not-so-geeky-europeans/#comment-360730 The main reason that Linkedin is heavily used in Holland is that there's no local clone of the service yet. Whereas most countries have copied the concept locally. See this chart: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/who-is-cloning-who-business20-try-again/ So it seems the first company to start a localised LinkedIn clone in The Netherlands will be able to make some serious money. The main reason that Linkedin is heavily used in Holland is that there’s no local clone of the service yet. Whereas most countries have copied the concept locally.
See this chart:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/09/who-is-cloning-who-business20-try-again/

So it seems the first company to start a localised LinkedIn clone in The Netherlands will be able to make some serious money.

]]> By: David Petherick http://thenextweb.com/2008/01/25/linkedin-is-aiming-for-not-so-geeky-europeans/#comment-360729 David Petherick Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:10:46 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/2008/01/25/linkedin-is-aiming-for-not-so-geeky-europeans/#comment-360729 Thomas Power, head of business network Ecademy covered this story earlier in the week, and pointed out that LinkedIn were appealing to the more reserved 'starched white collar' element who read the Ft and WSJ. See http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=97503 Do you have starched white collars in the Netherlands? I know you all have shiny shoes... Regards from Scotland on Robert Burns' Birthday! Thomas Power, head of business network Ecademy covered this story earlier in the week, and pointed out that LinkedIn were appealing to the more reserved ‘starched white collar’ element who read the Ft and WSJ. See http://www.ecademy.com/node.php?id=97503

Do you have starched white collars in the Netherlands? I know you all have shiny shoes…

Regards from Scotland on Robert Burns’ Birthday!

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