Press coverage

“Retraining is a growing niche for Lynda … [it] has more than 2 million users, and is finding increasing traction with job seekers, said co-founder Lynda Weinman.” read more »

“Co-founder Lynda Weinman said, ‘We can come to market very quickly and we can teach transient skills, so a lot of software is changing constantly and new software is being invented, and those sorts of things cannot easily make their way into college curriculum.’” read more »

“To master tools and software, many professionals use Lynda.com, an online learning company that offers 1,869 video courses on technology, software, creative and business skills.” read more »

“To help employees build software, creative, and business skills, it’s time to shift the focus. It’s time to stop training. It’s time to start learning.”
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“Lynda.com is a site that helps you set yourself apart digitally … The next time you find yourself thinking about what you would create if you had more resources, see Lynda, you have more than you think.” read more »

“As the Lynda.com co-founder and executive chair said … she prefers to present her service to educators as a resource to help them teach better, rather than a replacement for what they do. ‘I prefer being a complement, and not being a competitor,’ Weinman said.” read more »

“Lynda Weinman tells how she and her husband, Bruce Heavin, turned her idea to offer online learning for the Internet into a successful business and how they manage it together.” read more »

“By charging our customers a low price, lynda.com can pay our teachers and staff and grow the company. Free MOOCs are appealing but they don’t do much to create jobs. lynda.com has never had an unprofitable year in 18 years and that’s how we’ve been able to scale and grow.” read more »

“Just when you thought online trainings sessions were always just talking heads … you’re wrong.” read more »

“‘It’s not about what grade you’re in, it’s not about certification,’ Weinman says. ‘It’s really about needing knowledge and having a resource that will give you that knowledge exactly the way you need it, wherever, whenever, on any device.’” read more »

“Lynda.com and others have tapped into an audience of customers who are highly motivated to hone skills that might help enhance their careers. … Investors are noticing the profit potential in this niche of online learning. In January, some of the venture capital firms behind Facebook and other technology companies pumped $103 million into Lynda.com.” read more »

“Unlike many hot startups, Lynda.com has been profitable for a long time, making more than $100 million in revenue annually from subscriptions from a range of customer groups, including individuals, companies, schools and the U.S. government.” read more »

“Online education specialist Lynda.com appears to have put its recent $103 million funding round to good use, after it announced it has acquired online video training rival Video2brain to further boost its expansion into international markets.” read more »

“One month ago, when online learning site lynda.com announced that it had raised $103 million in its first venture round since launching in 1995, we noted that the company would be well-positioned to buy up other companies in its space. On Wednesday, the Carpinteria, Calif. company said it had started doing just that.” read more »

“Google is betting that some content producers will offer channels that consumers are willing to pay for. At first blush, most pundits will argue that it won’t happen, but look at success story lynda.com. … People do pay for content. … In fact, a lot of other people think the paid content model works. The company just received its first venture capital infusion of $103 million.” read more »

“Leio Ohshima McLaren, 13, … had the idea of making a flashcard app that sounded out letters phonetically when the user tapped on them. And so Phonic Buddies was born. … McLaren is completely self-taught using video tutorials on YouTube and Lynda.com, and reading discussion forums.” read more »

“Below is just a partial list of the universal tendencies of thought that cloud our judgment, create conflict among our fellow workers and lead professionals, business people and Congress to impasse. How and why these cognitive biases stand in the way of the resolution of workplace conflict can be found in this terrific Lynda.com video.” read more »

“The 17-year-old company hasn’t received the publicity of newer ventures. … That’s about to change, in a big way. In the largest U.S. venture financing round on record for an online education company, Lynda.com is announcing today that it raised $103 million led by Accel Partners and Spectrum Equity.” read more »

“Lynda Weinman, co-founder of Lynda.com, talks with Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson about how the site is satiating the unlimited thirst for knowledge. They speak on Bloomberg Television’s ‘Bloomberg West.’” read more »

January 16, 2013 - Inc.com

“Forty years ago, the United States government spent $16 billion on workforce and job training programs. Today, it spends less than half that amount. It’s up to the private sector to fill the gap. One of the companies stepping up to fill that void is Lynda.com, a California-based online service that offers a catalog of instructional videos and how-to segments from industry experts.” read more »

“17 years ago Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin started Lynda.com, a training company, mostly aimed at creative people who were trying to learn things like Photoshop and Desktop Publishing. Today they just announced that they got $103 million in funding from a variety of venture capitalists. Hear who, and why, in my conversation with them.” read more »

“‘We’ve been very fortunate,’ Co-founder Lynda Weinman tells us. ‘Our growth and profitability over the years has allowed us to re-invest in the growth of the company and focus on product and on collaborating with the best teachers in the industry to provide flexible learning paths for our users.’ But now, she continued, ‘we’re ready for the next level.’” read more »

“IT folks … need to keep our skills sharp. … Lynda.com is geared toward training and education. … In the IT realm, they have developer, database, server, and operating system video topics but they also have other various topics that are also useful for IT professionals.” read more »

“Lynda’s long been popular among businesses and art schools as the destination to pick up skills for a seemingly endless array of software--from Adobe to ZBrush. … With roughly 500 K-12 schools signed up so far, the company is looking to expand the numbers by offering courses related to the latest edtech trends.” read more »

“Mario Armstrong, TODAY’s digital lifestyle expert, explains how you can avoid mall crowds by giving gifts using iTunes and Facebook, or by helping people learn a new skill by getting them a subscription to Lynda.com.” read more »

“Quality is the number one issue that people discuss when it comes to Learning. First, it is important to point out that Lynda.com isn’t a small firm, they have been growing for years. The studios where they produce their content are some of the best we have seen. They have all of the roles covered in what it takes to produce a quality course and they clearly have a methodology.” read more »

December 13, 2012 - TheDigitalShift.com

“Patrons visiting the New York Public Library’s Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) now have free access to the entire catalog of more than 1,500 instructional online training videos offered by Lynda.com, … The extensive course catalog is a good fit for SIBL, which has been working to expand services for patrons in three key areas: Job search and career development, small business startup and expansion, and personal financial education.” read more »

“‘Small businesses are turning to online training for cost, quality, and access reasons,’ says Nate Kimmons, vice president of enterprise marketing at lynda.com. ‘Gone are the days of sending employees off to a two-day, in-person class. Online training serves as a 24/7 resource that the learner can access anytime, anywhere at their own pace from any device. It’s simple to use.’” read more »

“The need to constantly adapt is the new reality for many workers. … Businesses have responded by pouring more money into training, even in the current economic doldrums. … Individuals have also shouldered a lot of responsibility for their own upgrades. Lynda.com, which charges $25 a month for access to training videos on topics like the latest version of Photoshop, says its base of individual customers has been growing 42 percent a year since 2008.” read more »

“In 2008, Lynda Weinman and her husband, Bruce Heavin, were feeling overwhelmed by the fast-growing online education business they had launched 13 years earlier. Initially intended as a way to teach Weinman’s design students to post their portfolios on the Web, the duo had transformed lynda.com into a ‘$24 million-a-year’ venture attracting ‘a lot of investor inquiries,’ she says.” read more »

“Some commercial online learning companies do understand this and have made a solid business of offering ‘better than free’ educational videos targeted at a particular audience. Lynda.com, for example, offers online software training videos that are an excellent anodyne to those poorly written user manuals many of us have torn our hair out over. The company recognizes that production values count—and built its own studio.” read more »

“Lynda Weinman, co-founder of Lynda.com, discusses video tutorials. Weinman talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox and Courtney Donohoe on Bloomberg Radio’s ‘Taking Stock.’” read more »

“Lynda.com is a case study in breaking the rules. Weinman believes that success is not about prestige or publicity, but about having the tenacity, passion, and drive to fill a very real need that you see in the world.” read more »

“Lynda.com’s revolution was that it made top-notch training accessible anytime, anywhere, to anybody with a computer, and for the surprising subscription price of only $25 a month … a significant accomplishment. This is … a win for consumers, many of whom would otherwise not have been able to become web savvy or obtain the tech creds necessary to advance in their career.” read more »

“Lynda Weinman and her husband, Bruce Heavin, are the brains and spirit behind Lynda.com, one of Santa Barbara County’s fastest-growing companies. She’s started to reluctantly accept the ensuing fame. ‘It’s weird having people know you, people that you don’t know,’ she explained. ‘Now we want exposure.’” read more »

“Imagine a website that publishes such useful information that about a million people have been willing to pay a $25 monthly access fee. No, it’s not The New York Times—which only has about 100,000 paid digital users—it’s Lynda.com, a video tutorial site that has quietly grown into an online empire without taking a dime … in venture capital.” read more »

“lynda.com excels at helping busy professionals keep their software skills razor sharp. While the content isn’t exclusively about digital skills, that certainly is where lynda.com makes its mark. Quality is one of its strong suits.” read more »

“There’s nothing quite like the exhilaration of feeling you’ve been lapped by technology, coupled with the unsettling realization that it’s perpetually breathing down your neck. The information age is a sleek stallion, and if you’re not actively jockeying for position, you might as well strap on a feedbag and head out to pasture. Back in the 20th century, Lynda Weinman … saw a need for a service that streamlined the ‘how to’ aspect of essential software programs; today, that vision is paying huge dividends.” read more »