My friend Mike Johnston, who is running for Mayor of Denver, is one of the most creative and courageous political entrepreneurs I’ve worked with. Cities are the places where creative entrepreneurs with political courage can develop and deploy big ideas that become proof points for the country. UPDATE: Reid Hoffman is now trending on Twitter in the U.S.In a time when people wonder where we can find social innovations that can scale, I often look to cities. While the note itself isn’t monumental news, a somewhat personalized congratulatory note from the founder and chairman of LinkedIn is a nice touch for the network’s users. has 44 million LinkedIn members, and there are 56 million members outside of the U.S. LinkedIn, which launched in 2003, says that it is now being used in over 200 countries, with more than half of its users originating from outside the U.S. That was you.įor the few users who were one of the first 100,000 members, LinkedIn sent a similar note thanking them for being “innovators” (Federated Media founder John Battelle was member #74,282). In any technology adoption lifecycle, there are the early adopters, those who help lead the way. The note reads: I want to personally thank you because you were one of LinkedIn’s first million members (member number in fact!*). TechCrunch editor Erick Schonfeld received a note (he is member #261,186), which we’ve embedded in the post. And today, LinkedIn co-founder and chairman Reid Hoffman has sent the first million members an email, personally thanking them for joining the network in its early days.

Amid an upcoming IPO, this was a pretty significant milestone for the social network. As you may have heard, professional social network LinkedIn passed 100 million members this past week.

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