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

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The outcome was especially impressive, as the company was entirely self-funded for its first 17-years. Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. In 1995, Lynda wrote one of the first books on web design, Designing Web Graphics.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. We have a licensing business with that.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Meredith Publishing.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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Messenger : Lynda Weinman , Co-Founder and Executive Chair, lynda.com and author of Designing Web Graphics , a world-wide bestseller, translated into 15 languages. Tell us a bit about lynda.com’s mission and how it has impacted strategic decisions, such as raising outside funding, entering new markets, etc. Meredith Publishing.

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140conf Live From The LA Music Box Theater

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Adam Bell (@datatv) - Web Design and Branding with an attitude! Barry Schuler (@BSchuler) - former CEO of AOL, Ex Producer of LOOK, Managing Director DFJ Growth Fund. Carlos R (@CarlosHernandez) - Social media educator & co-creator of Social Media for the Uncomfortable. Adam Zbar (@Tap11) - CEO, Tap11.

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The Startup Guide To SXSW Panel Picking

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Simply, there are thousands of agencies, design shops and communications firms across the world, all. Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Your clients pay you to design and build web sites and app. Bootstrapping design thinking, Entrepreneurship, opportunity analysis. . Jeff Reckseidler, tuuk.

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