The network was not just about dating, but also meant to help people make new friends or meet professional connects, too.
Abrams describes RealConnex as "Match.com meets LinkedIn for the real estate professional," connecting people who work on real estate projects before they're listed and once they're in full swing.
LinkedIn helps professionals connect around job opportunities; Facebook helps people unite around social experiences, like the birth of a baby or an approaching holiday party.
Path.To basically aims to simplify the way professionals connect and promote themselves online.
AlienVault's Open Threat Exchange (OTX) helps security professionals connect with their peers, find free tools for security monitoring, and learn about the latest threats and defensive tactics from industry experts and security researchers.
Goomzee, a Missoula, MT-based developer of a mobile marketing solution that helps real estate professionals connect with potential buyers, announced this morning that it has secured a $1.5 million Series A round of funding led by Highway 12 Ventures along with additional, undisclosed investors in the US and Europe.
"The Plastic Logic Reader is an impressive device and we look forward to providing the wireless connectivity that will keep business professionals connected to the news, information and entertainment they desire while on the go," said Glenn Lurie, president-Emerging Devices and Resale, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.
She also got me a place on a mentoring programme linking young people with professionals, connecting me with a barrister who gave me an insight into the legal world.
Many of them are urban professionals connected through online social networks.
Hoffman needed a new project after PayPal was sold to eBay ; he cofounded LinkedIn in 2003 on the notion that getting lots of professionals connected in an online network was bound to be helpful, somehow.
