Allen Blue
VP Product Management and Co-Founder at LinkedIn
At Democratic National Convention, Major Businesses & Foundations Call for a Revival of the American...
The full list of panelists included Allen Blue, co-founder of LinkedIn; Scott Case, CEO of Startup America; Julián Castro, Mayor of San Antonio; Gerald Chertavian, CEO, Year Up; Rosario Dawson Actress/Founder, Voto Latino; Jeremy Heimans, CEO of Purpose; Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen ... Read more »
TC Cribs: LinkedIn, The Professional Social Network With A Fun (And Super Casual) HQ
What’s even cooler was that our guide was none other than Allen Blue, LinkedIn’s very charismatic co-founder and current VP of product who has been with the company since day one — I think it’s fair to say that he’s the best possible person that we could have asked to give us a tour... Read more »
Hannah Gal: LinkedIn Founder Allen Blue Q and A
In the summer of 2002 Allen Blue joined a group of colleagues in legendary Reid Hoffman's apartment to hear his latest business ideas. "The one we like the best", says Blue, "was what became LinkedIn. " 10 years later, LinkedIn is over 150 million users strong and growing by two ... Read more »
LinkedIn, Unemployment And The Online Job Search
It's a phenomenon LinkedIn cofounder Allen Blue said will revolutionize the economy and empower jobseekers. "The world of employment, the world of how the economy functions, is undergoing radical change right now because of big data," Blue said in an interview at The Huffington Posts' ... Read more »
LinkedIn is 10 Years Old: Here's How it Changed the Way we Work
Founded by Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly, and Jean-Luc Vaillant on May 5, 2003, LinkedIn has gone on to become a company most startups dream about growing into, and has certainly played a big part in bringing professional lives online and making them more social. ... Read more »
LinkedIn Looks To Build On Its Impressive Resume : NPR
He started the company in May 2003 with several former colleagues from his pre-PayPal days — Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant. The group debated several potential names, including Netra, Wellconnected, Bizrep and Connex, before settling on LinkedIn. ... Read more »
LinkedIn Grows To 200 Million Members
We also spoke to several longtime LinkedIn employees with long tenures at the company, including cofounder Allen Blue, about how traditions like these group photos shaped the company's culture... Read more »
LinkedIn Blog » Discovering Generosity on LinkedIn inDay [SLIDESHOW]
Allen Blue, LinkedIn’s co-founder, said recently at an APAC all hands meeting that “we want to change the way business is done for the benefit of the world”. Such a statement is not uncommon from the LinkedIn leadership team. Yet, what is most inspiring is that this mission continues to ... Read more »
Arianna Huffington: Politicians Not Doing Enough for Entrepreneurs
Meanwhile, Allen Blue, the LinkedIn co-founder who was also on the panel, offered up to Mashable the theory that entrepreneurs by nature are the first to jump in the pool, while politicians and policymakers tend to wait longer before embracing a particular trend, such as ... Read more »
What Is Working: Solutions To America's Job Crisis Happening Right Now (VIDEO)
The panel is being moderated by NBC News' Tom Brokaw and features: Allen Blue (Co-founder, LinkedIn), Scott Case (CEO, Startup America), Gerald Chertavian (CEO, Year Up), Rosario Dawson (Founder, Voto Latino and Actress), Jeremy Heimans (CEO, Purpose), Walter Isaacson (CEO, Aspen ... Read more »
Arianna Huffington: "It Ain't Just About You and Your Damn Passion": Quotes, Ideas and Solutions Fro...
" ~ Allen Blue, co-founder of LinkedIn "Every baby boom generation person who has to give a college commencement talk uses the phrase 'follow your passion. ' But that's why no one has written a book calling us the greatest generation. The second point is to not just follow your passion... Read more »
What Is Working: Solutions To America's Job Crisis Happening Right Now (VIDEO)
The panel is being moderated by NBC News' Tom Brokaw and features: Allen Blue (Co-founder LinkedIn), Scott Case (CEO, Startup America), Marc Freedman (Jeremy Heimans (CEO, Purpose), Laura Ingraham (Syndicated radio host & Fox News contributor), Walter Isaacson (CEO, Aspen Institute)... Read more »
Enterprise signs up 58,000 car-sharing members
Speakers include Joe Kennedy, CEO of Pandora Media; Josh Elman, principal at Greylock Partners; Allen Blue, co-founder of LinkedIn; and executives from startups such as Banjo, Nextdoor, Payvment and Weotta... Read more »
Pandora CEO describes how social discovery helps
Allen Blue, a LinkedIn co-founder and vice president of product management, said technology is "changing the rules" of human communication. "We don't know what it's going to turn into down the line," he said. "But I know that business people are struggling to emerge from a very ... Read more »
Arianna Huffington puts jobs first in Charlotte
Today at The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte she called on some influential friends, ranging from LinkedIn co-founder Allen Blue to pop star will.i.am, for a discussion of what the private sector can do to improve the job market. That she did so during the Democratic National Convention was no ... Read more »
Huffington Post hosts luncheon on job creation
Two panels, including Allen Blue, co-founder of LinkedIn, Fox news contributor and syndicated radio host Laura Ingraham, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, discussed the job crisis in the United States as well as solutions to put people back to work. The panelists walked a careful line of ... Read more »
Ford, Rockefeller, and Skoll Foundations, Together with Starbucks and LinkedIn, Pledge Support for J...
" The full list of panelists included John Kasich, Governor of Ohio; Laura Ingraham, syndicated radio host and Fox News contributor; Walter Isaacson, CEO of the Aspen Institute; Judith Rodin, CEO of the Rockefeller Foundation; Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn; Scott Case, CEO of ... Read more »
LinkedIn (LNKD) Turns 10 Years Old
The founders of LinkedIn are Reid Hoffman (Chairman), Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly, and Jean-Luc Vaillant. LinkedIn is the go-to website for not just maintaining connections, but also for recruitment purposes. One of the reasons why LinkedIn took off in terms of recruitment ... Read more »
LinkedIn looks to build on impressive résumé
He started the company in May 2003 with several former colleagues from his pre-PayPal days -- Allen Blue, Konstantin Guericke, Eric Ly and Jean-Luc Vaillant. The group debated several potential names, including Netra, Wellconnected, Bizrep and Connex, before settling on LinkedIn. ... Read more »
Sally Osberg: Solving Problems, Generating Opportunities: Our JobRaising Challenge
And so we were delighted that Skoll Awardee Marc Freedman joined Arianna, Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute, Allen Blue of LinkedIn and others at the Republican and Democratic National conventions to get the conversation underway. Marc is a remarkable social entrepreneur and the ... Read more »
