Lynda.com: Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin

How I Built This · 6 Sept 2021 · 1h 14m

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Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, co-founders of Lynda.com, recount their journey from teaching graphic design to building a $1.5 billion online learning platform. They discuss the pivot from a brick-and-mortar school in Ojai to a video subscription service, the challenges of bootstrapping versus taking venture capital, and the eventual acquisition by LinkedIn. The episode highlights their lack of business background, the cultural clash with investors, and the personal toll of scaling a company they built on passion rather than profit motives.

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Companies: Apple, Lynda.com, LinkedIn, Macromedia, Adobe, YouTube, Skillsoft, U.S. Bank
Products: Macintosh, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, VHS, DVD

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