With all the data they collect, I wanted to know if they could discover and plot out the path buyers take in the early stages of the Buyers Journey.

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And early Monday morning, LinkedIn and PwC announced the launch of Career Explorer, an interesting product targeted at the college graduate (or soon-to-be) who wants to plot out a path towards their job of choice.

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However, startups are appearing that provide tools to inform and streamline such decision-making processes, such as Noodle.org, which helps people plot out their education path, factoring in money, interests and numerous other determinants.

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Near the top, a path broke off and led to a flat open plot, where the castle should have been, but, save for an old stone wall, there were no ruins to be seen.

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