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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round

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According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Meritech Capital also participated in the funding. As part of the big new funding, Andrew Braccia of Accel and Vic Parker of Spectrum have both joined the company's board. READ MORE>>.

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

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Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. But the company says its offering extends beyond traditional payment processing and point-of-sale software. Today, SpotOn said it has closed on $300 million in Series E financing that values the company at $3.15

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

To get the story behind the new funding, we spoke with Eric Robison , the firm's President and CEO, last week. This was a situation where we had the opportunity to take on funding, at a point where we could utilize it to scale our technology platform, and to increase our global reach and expand our content, beyond what we'd do normally.

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SPONSOR POST: Southern California Technology Firms Are Hiring

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Vice President, Business Development , Los Angeles, Boingo Wireless. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Director of Ad Sales and Business Development , Huntington Beach, Freebinar.com. Senior SOA Developer , Malibu, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.

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Finding a Technical Cofounder for Your Startup

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The bad news is that Finding Developers is Tough Here in Los Angeles and even people willing to pay have a hard time finding Web Development in Los Angeles. A great post by Elizabeth Knopf , FounderDating: How I Found My Co-Founder where she breaks down the process much like how you think about a sales process.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

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funding round for the firm's travel booking service. We caught up with Eric Hovanec, the firm's CEO, and Steve Reich, the firm's SVP of Sales, to hear more about the funding. What will the funding be used for? Eric Hovanec: Web developers, operations folks, and we have openings in sales and account management.

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