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Lynda.com Expands In Southeast Asia

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Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia. READ MORE>>.

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How This Entrepreneur Went From Poverty To CEO Of A Dead Sexy Startup

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Don Charlton’s heroic journey began with him growing up on government assistance and culminated in his founding The Resumator , one of America''s fastest growing startups. I grew up ridiculously poor. We pushed it in a corner to keep it up. Growing up. And I remember leaning back and lookin'' up at the sun.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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Southern California has had its share of new startup accelerators launch in the last few months, however, few people here have actually experienced an accelerator firsthand. Alex Benzer: I'm actually building two startups. SocialEngine is four years old, and that's the startup we applied to TechStars with.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I filled up with 20 people pretty quickly and realized this schedule was masochistic. TWTFelipe and I ended up speaking for nearly 30 minutes and we talked mostly about why his company was based in Canada and not the US. Felipe grew up in Brazil. So he decided to start his company in Canada. But I have some.

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

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Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their startup into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users. Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Both Bruce and Lynda were both self-educated technologists.

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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. Search for a specific answer or learn something new from start to finish. ”. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Hello Kitty!”.

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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. Search for a specific answer or learn something new from start to finish. ”. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Hello Kitty!”.