Comments on: Coolest LinkedIn Profile of 2008?

By: Steven Burda, MBA

Steven Burda, MBA — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:53:20 +0000

My son is now here:
http://twitter.com/EthanBurda

By: Steven Burda

Steven Burda — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:04:31 +0000

Ethan David Burda… vote him for President in 2044!

Anyway, E.D.Burda has 0 connections. He’s not even “linkedin” to me (his dad). Yet his name is 100% Googleable and is on top of the search (vs other Ethan Burda’s). Thus, since I do have a power of attorney, I do NOT see any harm in having a profile in his name. HE will not use it until he’s 18 or 21 years of age.

It’s not MySpace or Facebook. But the profile was just set up — and will NOT be used for many many years… Until then…

Good night,

– Steven Burda
http://www.linkedin.com/in/burda

By: Jason Alba

Jason Alba — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:09:25 +0000

Charlie, I see your point. I don’t see many others doing what Steven has done here. AFAIK Steven is one of the top users and evangelists of LinkedIn, so it’s the most comfortable, familiar, value-add place for him to get his son an account… heck, who knows if LI will even be around when his son is old enough to use it!

Anyway, I liken this to the idea of buying a domain for your kid, but this was the first time I’ve seen this on LinkedIn, hence the post.

Good and fair perspective, thanks for weighing in.

By: Charlie on the PA Tpk

Charlie on the PA Tpk — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 22:40:56 +0000

First and foremost, congratulations to the Burda family. As a father of two, I can relate.

However, this is not an appropriate profile for LinkedIn. I joined LI because I didn’t want it an atmosphere such as MySpace andFacebook. I wanted a professional, business-like environment. The addition of LI ’status’ lines and the like are making this business networking site more and more like a social network, and I am not happy about that change.

By: Naveed

Naveed — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:31:39 +0000

Hahahah this is great