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Lynda.com Snags New Enterprise GM From Salesforce.com

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Carpinteria-based lynda.com , the online learning and education company backed by Accel Partners, Spectrum Equity, TPG Capital and Meritech Capital Partners, has bolstered its executive staff in the enterprise area, saying this morning that it has named Erik Nierenberg as General Manager of its Enterprise business. READ MORE>>.

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Lynda.com Expands In Southeast Asia

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Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia. READ MORE>>.

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Lynda.com Launches Android App

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Interested in improving your skills in web design or photography while on the go? Fans of online, video site lynda.com now have the option to access that company''s extensive library of video tutorials on the go, through a new Android app, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

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I’ve just completed an investment in Ryan Carson’s new company, TreeHouse. TreeHouse is also a video company. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. I’m investing in businesses that reinvent education. Ryan wants to reinvent education. Americans watch 5.3

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An Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale

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Bruce, along with his wife Lynda, created a learning company from their garage, initially by holding in-person classes and later selling VHS tapes via mail order. Under Bruce’s innovative guidance, the company was an early adopter of the Internet, creating online videos long before platforms such as YouTube became ubiquitous.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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Plus, he told us a little bit about how he's helping to build a mini cluster of technology companies in the Silverlake area. Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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8 ) I love the fact that you literally “wrote the book” on web design, because it was a book you wanted to read and it didn’t yet exist. Like a true entrepreneur, even though you were young, you took control of your life and pursued an alternative education. 7) The book Summerhill School greatly impacted you as a child.