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Why was LinkedIn Events shut down? Why isn’t there now a social network for business events?

13th January 2014

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Our site Lanyrd offers LinkedIn signin and works as a social network for business and professional events. You can read more about our LinkedIn integration here: Use Lanyrd and LinkedIn to get more out of professional events and conferences

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