 Are you already starting? Okay. Well, just do it again when you do one two three Hello freedom of family. I am George and this is the Vienna Airport in Austria We're just heading on a plane to Los Angeles right now And I wanted to talk to you about the video yesterday, which was done in Slovakia Click that I up there in case you missed the red castle Today I want to talk about linked in did you know that Microsoft bought linked in for 26 billion dollars last week This was a purchase that took a quarter of Microsoft's cash Which was mostly done in debt because it costs a lot of money to repatriate funds from overseas back to the US and Linked in is now officially the property of Microsoft. They will combine it with Skype and other Properties to make more information available when you're doing business meetings or when you're talking to people on Skype Was it a good purchase? It's a good question, but what is the value of linked in? Why was it worth? 26 billion dollars, which is the largest acquisition Microsoft has ever made It's because of two things one is Linked in has the connections between people. It's like a Facebook for professionals Those connections are worth a lot of money because Microsoft can now recommend Different things for professionals that are relevant if you're looking for a job if you are looking to hire somebody That's all valuable information. That's one and two is that? Microsoft really needed a social network. They could not buy Facebook They don't have anything like Google plus and so they acquired linked in to build a social network Into their portfolio of companies and brands because Microsoft as we know is known for Windows and Xbox and they recently acquired Microsoft to bolster their gaming division. Sorry Minecraft. They recently acquired Minecraft So they needed a social network and that is the price of linked in Just to give you a sense of how much it has grown in value Five years ago linked in was worth ten billion dollars and today it sold for twenty six billion So how does that help everyone in the freedom family? Why is that relevant? All of you networks powered by freedom have value you create connections between youtubers between content creators You create content that has value That's why you need to transform your business into a service provider business You're not going to be worth twenty six billion dollars But you will be worth a large amount of money if you're successful in two things one is Connecting people based on common interest so that companies would want to buy your Relationships your database of contacts and to That the content you create is something people want to see and share in a social way the social networking aspect of linked in If you're able to do both of those things you will create value Now how does freedom to do that? Freedom is all about helping channels grow and what does that do that creates? Content so now our job is to connect that content in ways that people want to watch it We haven't done that yet. There is a strategy on a site called gamers www.gamers.tm Which is the start of that strategy of connecting content together so that you can find what you're looking for more easily Go check it out if you want to see it in its current early beta Don't judge it yet because it is very early, but that's part of our content strategy and to How does freedom help? This how does freedom create the social network? Well, the social network part is heartbeat Heartbeat was as you know dating for youtubers It's a product that runs in Chrome that enhances websites and helps matchmake people together There is a lot of features that we still need to build into heartbeat It's also considered an early product, but those are how we are trying to build Freedom into what we see is successful in the marketplace as linked in and that's how you freedom family people who are young Entrepreneurs should be focusing on to build your business and your brand in Content indexing content and connecting people connecting strangers in new and interesting ways Read about the linked in acquisition. Just Google it You'll find a lot of insightful information from journalists that may inspire you to give you ideas for your business to help you grow faster Tell us in the comments below what you think of the linked in acquisition Do you have any additional? Insights and tips to help everybody grow together because that is the spirit of freedom We all help each other grow together as a family and if you haven't already click that eye and Partner with freedom so we can all grow together and who am I? I am Papa George or George Sun Pie and many other names you the beautiful freedom family has given me I am George CEO and founder of No freedom shirt for freedom and the freedom family If you like this video click that like button, so I know what kind of content you enjoy This is a different style of video. I am just traveling so the George show is now on cell phone You know one take with no edits Do you like this format over the normal green screen fully edited version tell me in the comments below and Subscribe to freedom central youtube.com slash freedom if you want to see more of the George show That's the home of the George show. I am George and you've been watching the George show unedited side yet