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CrownPeak Raises $1.75M in Series C

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Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of web content management systems (CMS), has raised $1.75M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. The firm's software-as-a-service tools are used by customers such as Nissan, Earthlink, and Skype.

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Lynda.com Snags New Enterprise GM From Salesforce.com

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Lynda.com just raised a bibg, $186M funding round led by TPG earlier this month, and has been gobbling up other, online learning companies. Lynda.com offers up a wide range of online, video-based courses on a wide range of IT topics, ranging from graphics and design software to web design, business, and other skills.

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Putting the Pedal to the Metal at Amplify

From the Venture Trenches

Prior to launching the Accelerator, Jeff conceived and built Leads 360 in his spare time while running his software consultancy, ThinkLogic. We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011.

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Interview with Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Lynda.com

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Not too many people are aware of the success and story of Lynda.com (www.lynda.com), started by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin , and how the firm's now grown to a double-digit, multimillion dollar business which is known as THE source for online training on such things as web design, graphics software, animation, video editing, and much more.

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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. Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. How did you and Charlotte get into software? I was really into graphic design in high school, and took several summer workshops at Caltech.

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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. Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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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. Value Prop Twitter Style : Lynda.com is: “The best, new, online way to learn how to use your software. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.