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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're fortunate we've been able to fund that from SocialEngine.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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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. 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.

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Interview: Lynda Weinman of Lynda.com

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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. 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.

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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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Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization business, education, MBA. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization community, education, marketing. . The web is constantly changing—ne. Bootstrapping a Lean Startup.

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