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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 Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. Pluto TV was one of those ideas I had when I was sitting with my daughter, looking for YouTube videos for her. That's the idea that sparked Pluto TV. We then launched Pluto TV.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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Is the idea to have multiple projects as part of the company? We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months. Fanmix will ultimately let you find conversations you're not involved with, but which it might be valuable for you to participate in. We're also updating the format.

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

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Matthew Jenusaitis is the CEO of OCTANe , an Orange County startup accelerator whose mission is to connect people and ideas with capital and resources. Web Design Software. Web Hosting Software. socaltech socalcto Moral of the story is: don’t underestimate the beach bums. We came to play. Help Desk Software.