Street Smarts: Business Times honoree climbs the ladder at LinkedIn
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LinkedIn buys its campus in Carpinteria
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HG Insights partners with LinkedIn
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Dubroff: Why Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn might be out of sync
Just one year ago, LinkedIn made history on the Central Coast when it created the region’s first unicorn, buying Lynda.com for $1.5 billion. Now LinkedIn is selling itself to Microsoft for $26 billion, or an estimated 79 times operating earnings, in what Bloomberg and the New York Times DealBook column describe as one of the Read More →
Microsoft buying Lynda.com parent LinkedIn for $26 billion
Lynda.com parent LinkedIn is being acquired by Microsoft for $26 billion. LinkedIn bought the Carpinteria-based web tutorial service Lynda.com just over a year ago for $1.5 billion. Lynda.com still has about 350 employees at its office at 6410 Via Real in Carpinteria. Microsoft’s acquisition of professional social network LinkedIn is one of the largest technology Read More →
LinkedIn picks up Lynda.com to lift content offerings
The social networking platform is acquiring Carpinteria-based Lynda.com in a $1.5 billion cash and stock deal.
Beni CEO steps down due to personal health issues
Sarah Pinner, one of the co-founders of Santa Barbara-based Beni, stepped down from her post as CEO of the company on April 12, citing personal health issues as the reason. In a LinkedIn post, Pinner noted that she was “simply no longer mentally or physically healthy enough to continue in this role.” “I can live Read More →
