Perceived signs of slowed growth have been enough to spook investors as shares in the 'professional' network slipped more than 10% - despite an 80% surge in price over the last year.

Despite reaching 225m users and sales in the first quarter 2013 of $324.7m (up 72% on 2012), investors perception of weak revenue projections has hurt the company's trading value.

According to BBC News:

After (LinkedIn) issued a weaker-than-expected forecast for the current quarter...It said it expects revenues of between $342 to $347m (£220m to £223m) in the April to June quarter. Most analysts had expected a figure closer to $359m.

"We are seeing some encouraging early signs, but it's of a very small scale right now," said Steve Sordello, head of finance at LinkedIn.






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