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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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Lynda.com said today that it has raised a big growth round from Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity, and also reported that the firm exceeded $100M in topline revenues last year. According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. READ MORE>>.

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Pragmatism with Flavor

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As software developers, we're technophiles, so we enjoy these cycles and quite often find humor listening to the energy spent arguing on either side of issues. Anyone who has been around the web development block is going to tell you that they select technologies with some balance between coolness and pragmatism.

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Founders Fund and Peter Thiel Inject $28M into Asana

Tech Zulu Event

According to reports Asana is now valued at $280 million after the $28M investment. Asana serves team from diverse industries, including medical research, mobile networks, professional sports, political campaigns and of course, software and web development. Asana also saves on time wasted in meetings.

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Journey Platform To Build Data Gathering Mobile Apps | Co-founder Interview Conrad Hofmeyr

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The whole Journey app building experience takes place inside your web browser, so there’s no software to install. We draw on a wealth of experience in mobile technology, digital security and web development, and have a solid technical grounding in electronic engineering, computer science and applied mathematics.

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A Day in the Life of a Product Manager

Tech Zulu Event

Everyone reports updates and obstacles. The term a gile development is defined, and the panel agreed unanimously that maintaining this mindset is necessary. The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. You always want perfect data on what customers are doing.

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Web Second, Mobile First

Both Sides of the Table

I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. BUT … I’ve talked to a number of eCommerce sites that also report much higher conversion rates than standard web. They are limited in size. How awesome would that be?

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

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We've got a software-as-a-service platform that handles all of that for them--all they have to do is hand the guest the key. in, and we are happy to report that we're seeing some good growth, and that our investors are happy. Eric Hovanec: Web developers, operations folks, and we have openings in sales and account management.

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