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As we celebrate the millionth member signing onto the system this weekend, those Web 2.0 pioneering days seem so long ago. Yesterday I waited on the phone while a prospective partner signed up for a membership on Jigsaw, and from the time she said that she had finished the registration until I was able to login into the (same old) Admin system, which took one m
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With Linked In’s announcement of their 50 millionth sign-up, you might be tempted to belittle our accomplishment. But first you have to realize that each one of Jigsaw’s members can add or, more importantly, update thousands of contact and business profiles. In fact, Jigsaw’s top member has added over 474,000 contacts to the database (Thank You- SigChi!). Of course the average member does much less, but right now our rate of growth for the database with 1MM potential contributors is 730,000 new contacts and 70,000 new companies per month. As net new contacts and businesses become harder to come by, members looking for credit on the system must update the information Jigsaw currently has (16.5 MM contacts and 3MM companies to date). The Network Effect might be taking some shots in the press as the outrageous revenue promises of many social networks fail, but Jigsaw remains a shining example of each new node on the network producing an exponential addition to the value of the overall system.
Holy Sh^t- we have a million freakin’ members!!!!!!!!!
PS It may appear that we are tripping over each other trying to slap each other on the back, but Jigsaw’s success is 100% due to the efforts of our Community. In addition to providing great data, we are trying to give back in every way possible with initiatives like The Corner, which gives our members a place to ask questions, start discussions, share resources and connect with other Community members with all the latest social media tools available. Check out the new forums- and feel free to take a crack at Jigsaw Guy (my avatar name).

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