socalTECH
OCTOBER 28, 2010
Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 24, 2010
I stumbled upon the Question, “ What-is-the-motivation-behind-writing-public-reviews-and-tips-as-on-Amazon-Yelp-Foursquare-StickyBits-etc &# and took the bait. Or let’s face it – writing lots of answers on Quora. 90% of all users will never contribute anything to your company. Don’t.
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InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 1, 2019
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.
From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 30, 2013
Amplify’s portfolio companies are schooled on every challenge they need to master in order to achieve success. Amplify’s close mentoring is by design. All the companies that graduate from the accelerator’s program work from the same office and can literally reach out and touch their investors at any time.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story. So he decided to start his company in Canada.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 21, 2010
When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Many people start companies arse backwards. Our lives are intertwined. Good people and evil people.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 8, 2011
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. There is no set formula – you’ll find as many examples of companies that are family run as not.”. I didn’t name the company on purpose – I found the website first, then the company came later.
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