LinkedIn Turning 10 Must Justify Richer Valuation Than Facebook

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LinkedIn Corp. unveiled its website ten years ago this week, from a tiny Silicon Valley office next door to an emerging social-networking service called Friendster.

A decade later, Friendster is kaput and LinkedIn is going strong, boasting 225 million users and a stock price that’s almost quadrupled since the company’s public debut in 2011.