LinkedIn and Plan Bs and being secretive

[OwlHoot]

I get a strong sense of deja vu reading this, because only a few years ago (when he was 85) my father proposed to start a web company which would specialize in hosting business collaboration and exchange of commercial ideas.

But the leeching aspect, the flooding with wannabes and spam, and above all getting enough publicity and interest to achieve a critical mass, plus the existing social networks like LinkedIn, all seemed to make it impractical.

He decided the only way to keep up standards, and some exclusivity, would be to charge a hefty fee, which of course would also hopefully make the thing profitable. I thought this was pretty impractical at the time, and the project went no further. But now I'm not so sure.

He'll laugh if I show him this thread. Maybe we can carry on where we left off, although he's now in his 90s.

[shaunbhoy]

There are plenty of LinkedIn groups related to an area I plan to launch a plan B in

You still think there's a market for clockwork musical Nativity figures then?

[xchaotic]

Simple: do the social/viral thing - post as yourself and a few other sockies, retweeting the co updates etc saying what a cool nice product, or for even more effect say it sucks and have members of said group prove you wrong so that THEY become the ambassadors of your PlanB, see here:

[cojak]

Beware of LinkedIn - changes to their T & Cs

As of 16 June

Summary of Changes to LinkedIn User Agreement | LinkedIn

Particularly this section...

Section 2.M: We added this section to explain that ideas, suggestions, proposals, etc. sent to LinkedIn should not be confidential or contain proprietary information, and do not obligate LinkedIn to use the ideas, keep them confidential, etc. Further, this section provides notice that we have many ideas under development at LinkedIn, some of which may be similar to yours,
and that by submitting your ideas to LinkedIn, they become the property of LinkedIn with no obligation to you whatsoever.

[doodab]

Simple: do the social/viral thing - post as yourself and a few other sockies, retweeting the co updates etc saying what a cool nice product, or for even more effect say it sucks and have members of said group prove you wrong so that THEY become the ambassadors of your PlanB, see here:

And today I have learned that the Romanian for how is "cum"

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