socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

lynda.com , the online learning and video instruction site based in Carpinteria, is putting some of its new funding to work, saying this morning that it has acquired video2brain, GmbH , a European online video training company, to help expand its services worldwide. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Xconomy

JUNE 27, 2019

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2018

San Diego-based "code school" Origin Code Academy said this morning that it has rolled out a new, online-only, free course on programming and the basics of writing code. According to the school, the new course teaches some of the fundamentals of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Mindflash.com , an online training platform site headed by former Mint.com Chief Marketing Officer Donna Wells, said this week that it has officially launched its online trianing platform. The firm says it is targeting small businesses, and offers a way to help those businesses provide employee training.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2010

Calabasas-based BlackLine Systems , the developer of financial close software headed by Therese Tucker, is trumpeting its certification course this week, saying that it recently certified 22 consultants from KPMG as part of its professional services courses.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Irvine-based Kajabi , which develops a platform that helps both individuals, as well as small- and mid-sized businesses monetize online courses, training materials, and other content, has receive an investment from private equity investor Spectrum Equity. Financial details of the minority growth investment were not announced.

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socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2019

Cornerstone OnDemands says the access gives those businesses access to its more than 1,500 learning courses. The company's systems are used heavily in employee on-boarding and skills training, particularly in the enterprise, and the company has been offering its PiiQ training offering since 2015. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 17, 2019

Thinkful , a New York company, says it has started accepting applications from people in Los Angeles for its "living stipend" program, which pays students $1500 a month to pay for things like rent, gas, and food while they take the company's technology training--in exchange for a portion of their salaries when they graduate.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2013

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com announced this morning that it has released a number of online training courses, to coincide with the release of Microsoft's Office 2013 and Office 365. The company, which publishes online, video training courses, said the releases bring it to more than 175 courses on Microsoft software.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 16, 2018

In a collaboration with the big educational technology company Coursera , Google is launching a global MOOC (massive open online course) certificate. Google is betting on online learning as an on-ramp to tech jobs for displaced workers and others with little exposure to information technology—even those who lack a college degree.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

According to the group, its new NonprofitReady.org site provides professional development courses and training to nonprofit professionals, with a library of e-learning courses, videos, webinars, and more featuring organization and experts in the nonprofit sector.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based Alelo , which develops computer-aided training and simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense, says it has received a new set of contracts to provide cultural awareness training for the Levant, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Alelo said its new cultural awareness training courses help the U.S.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara is the primary backer of a developer of online training software for corporations, which announced a funding round Thursday. Mindflash , a Silicon Valley-based developer of online software for learning management and developing corporate training, said it raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 1, 2019

But you know that of course. Trained employees execute their tasks better than those who are not. You are responsible for the training and for the outcomes both for individuals and the team. You develop, train, measure, and reinforce successes, all based upon your coach’s playbook. Your team playbook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I’m sure that every one of us who has been out in the business world for a few years can look back with perfect hindsight and name a few college courses that we should have taken. But on the business side, here is my list of useful courses that we wish existed, but as far as I know, still aren’t generally available: Basic Office Politics.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The program is intended to create a pipeline for African-American students and other underrepresented populations to train and study alongside entertainment executives. Amazon said that applications for the program open on Monday, September 28th, with the program set to restart in January of 2021.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Lynda.com said its new, free app allows its members to access its entire library of video courses, letting users access more than 110,000 videos across the 2,400 courses available through the site. Lynda.com offers up a library of video-based training on everything from design software, to business skills, to photography and graphics.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 23, 2016

In other circumstances the five-day workshop, scheduled this fall at George Washington University in the nation’s capital, might go unnoticed among the sea of executive training programs offered every day. The bank, LifeSci Advisors, is looking to pay penance by helping fund the training program. Morgan conference in January.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2016

General Assembly , the provider of technical skills training, which has an active campus in Santa Monica, says it is will be opening up a new location in Irvine. General Assembly offers up courses on everything from software coding to web design and marketing. General Assembly is headquartered in New York. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 24, 2021

These are not the strategic visionary skills, like leading companies through risky product launches, or steering the course through economic storms where leaders become oversized personalities for their superhuman efforts. Those include funding, people, training, and facilities. Fourth: reward.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Startups don’t come with formal training courses. New entrepreneurs quickly find that what they learned in business school is no substitute for real-world business experience and training. As an introvert and a techy, I know well the challenges of building relationships in today’s competitive world.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 19, 2018

Of course, I’ll tell another harrowing story here. Email readers, continue here…] Early in the rapid growth phase of my computer software company, I hired an excellent, IBM-trained vice president of sales to further growth and begin our international expansion. an old friend, Dick Tanaka, gets credit for the 18-month rule.

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socalTECH

JUNE 2, 2011

The Investment Group of Santa Barbara , a venture capital investment group based in Santa Barbara, has invested $4M in funding for a developer of a web-based cloud training software firm, Mindflash , Mindflash said today. Mindflash, which is based in Palo Alto, offers a site which helps companies create online training courses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2021

Of course, that means a mindset willing to give up much more equity, and taking on a whole new level of risk. Explosive growth to an enterprise normally requires a scalable sales model, a well-documented process with incentives, training, and metrics for tracking and management. Switch your focus from product development to sales.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Many entrepreneurs I have mentored make big mistakes in this area, by hiring low-cost friends and family, with minimal skills or training, and expecting them to have the same work ethic , passion, and business knowledge as the founder. You contract expertise rather than train employees. with experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2021

He later closed more than 8,000 of his stores for a day to provide employee racial-bias training. Of course, talking and giving orders is no substitute for doing. They provide ongoing motivation by recognizing and rewarding effort, and the training to do the job right. Take a positive and active role in the execution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Of course you want your customer to come back, but the best ones also become your evangelists in bringing their friends to you, and broadcasting their positive experiences to the world through social media. Make sure you adopt the right hiring practices and training to keep your team responsive. Capitalize on the multiplier moment.

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Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2018

The Adecco Group, the global staffing and worker training giant, has inked a $412.5 million agreement to acquire General Assembly, a tech training and career development company that offers courses online and at 20 campuses worldwide.

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socalTECH

MAY 12, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Mindflash.com , a provider of online training software for small businesses, said today that it has named Donna Wells as its new President and CEO. The firm--which offers self-driven, online employee training courses--also said that it has launched into private beta. Wells was most recently CMO of Mint.com.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2015

The flat rate includes use of those locations during training sessions. We offer six different genres of fitness: Crossfit, strength training, Pilates, boxing, yoga, and stretching. Jonathan Kohn: I think the biggest challenge we've seen is getting people familiar with the fact that they can get a training session anytime they want.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

If so, this hands-on 4 day training course is for you. This comprehensive course is instructed by veteran iOS expert Justin Junda (more about Justin at the bottom of this page). During the 4 day course (9AM-5PM) you will learn iOS programming through step-by-step instructions and many hands-on exercises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 3, 2022

Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. The proper training and support right up front is key to retention, the right attitude, and their ability to be influential in driving your business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2021

No formal training courses. Larger enterprises are always sending their “high fliers” to leadership refreshers, new technology updates, and training on employee performance management. Daily attendance is mandatory in order for the business to succeed and be profitable, and the so-called freedom is hard to find.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Alelo--which originally spun out of USC--said they have been partially funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, to build a project called VRP (Virtual role-playing) Builder, which is aimed at helping to make it easier to develop virtual role playing-based learning courses.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The event is a 2-day training in.Net, HTML5, Windows 8, Asp.NET MVC and other Microsoft technologies. Hilariously simple tutorials, gaming, Windows 8 real-time, Windows Azure as a virtually unlimited scaling mechanism, and of course, awesome web and mobile possibilities are just a few of the examples you’ll see demonstrated.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 10, 2015

The Founder Institute is the world’s largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program, helping aspiring founders across the globe build enduring technology companies.In

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 8, 2020

Startups don’t come with formal training courses. New entrepreneurs quickly find that what they learned in business school is no substitute for real-world business experience and training. As an introvert and a techy, I know well the challenges of building relationships in today’s competitive world.

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