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was subsequently purchased by the search engine company Lycos in 1998
AltaVista was a Web search engine established in 1995
inspired by his taste for fine whiskeys and bourbons
LinkedIn achieved its first month of profitability
LinkedIn Men's Tee Color:Red In August 2004History: The company was founded in December 2002 by Reid Hoffman and founding team members from PayPal and Socialnet. com (Allen Blue, Eric Ly, Jean Luc Vaillant, Lee Hower, Konstantin Guericke, Stephen Beitzel, David Eves, Ian McNish, Yan Pujante, Chris Saccheri). In late 2003, Sequoia Capital led the Series A investment in the company. In August 2004, LinkedIn reached 1 million users. In March 2006, LinkedIn achieved its first month of