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LinkedIn has proven to be an essential networking tool for many in the business world.  The ability to stay connected with so many business contacts has helped many forward their career and their companies.  However, LinkedIn’s corporate focus on traditional business career paths doesn’t work for everyone.  Cool person in tech Yinon Weiss is a military veteran who found that LinkedIn wasn’t the most appropriate tool for helping military personnel find work in the real world.  Military careers and experience didn’t translate easily to LinkedIn’s design or outline.  This is why Weiss founded RallyPoint, a professional social network designed specifically for both active military personnel and veterans.  RallyPoint helps its members maintain an online presence, network within the military, and apply for jobs.  RallyPoint lets its members apply to jobs in the private sector, but also has options for active personnel to apply for PCS opportunities.  Weiss wants RallyPoint to make networking and job hunting whether someone is still active in the armed forces or not.  Members of the military who want to try RallyPoint but have little experience with social networking might be able to get help from a computer support service.

Weiss himself served in the military for ten years.  He first served in the Marine Corps and rose to the position of Sniper Platoon Commander.  He also spent time as an Army Special Forces Officer and found himself deployed overseas on multiple occasions.  He co-founded RallyPoint in 2012 and his personal military experience likely informs his decisions as CEO on a daily basis.

Besides serving in the military, Weiss founded MilitaryToBusiness, which was a company dedicated to helping military veterans get work in the private business sector.  As tech support helps people who are inexperienced with technology interact with computers, Weiss’s first company helped veterans navigate the business world when they had little experience with it.

Weiss received his undergraduate education at UC-Berkley where he earned a degree in Bioengineering.  Weiss also earned an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2011.  On RallyPoint’s website, it claims that the Weiss’s idea for RallyPoint originally formed while working towards his graduate degree at Harvard.

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