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BSD Code and Design Academy
	Photo of the academy located in Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Industry	Online services; Online education; Online publishing; Online training
Founded	Hong Kong (September 2013)
Founder	Christopher Geary, CEO ; Nickey Khemchandani, CTO
Headquarters	1602 Wilson House, 19-27 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Number of locations	Bangkok; United States;
Key people	Ashwin Anandani, Academy Director ; Enoch Wong, Marketing Director
Products	Online Training Library
Website	bsdacademy.com ; codeaways.com

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lynda.com is an online education company offering thousands of video courses in software, creative, and business skills. Founded in 1995,^[1] the company produces video tutorials taught by industry experts. Members have unlimited access to watch the videos, which are primarily educational.

On April 9, 2015, LinkedIn announced its purchase of lynda.com for $1.5 billion.^[2]^[3] Based in Carpinteria, California, lynda.com has more than 500 employees worldwide, and offers instruction in English as well as German, French, and Spanish through its branded division, video2brain.

History[edit]

lynda.com was founded in 1995 in Ojai, California as online support for the books and classes of Lynda Weinman, a special effects animator and multimedia professor who founded a digital arts school with her husband, artist Bruce Heavin.^[4]

In 2002, they began offering courses online. By 2004, there were 100 courses, and in 2008, the company began producing and publishing documentaries on creative leaders, artists and entrepreneurs.

On April 9, 2015 LinkedIn Corp. announced its intention to buy lynda.com in a deal valued at $1.5 billion, which officially closed on May 14, 2015.

References[edit]

^ "Lynda.com Founder: I Was Educating Online Before Online Education Was Cool – ReadWrite". ReadWrite. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
^ Etherington, Darrell (2015-04-09). "LinkedIn To Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com For $1.5 Billion". TechCrunch.
^ Sawers, Paul (2015-04-09). "LinkedIn acquires online education company Lynda.com for $1.5B to help progress your career". VentureBeat.
^ Roush, Wade (2013-03-28). "Knowledge When You Need It: Lynda.com and the Rise of Online Education". Xconomy.

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[1] "Lynda.com Founder: I Was Educating Online Before Online Education Was Cool – ReadWrite". ReadWrite. Retrieved 2014-02-22.

[2] Etherington, Darrell (2015-04-09). "LinkedIn To Buy Online Education Site Lynda.com For $1.5 Billion". TechCrunch.

[3] Sawers, Paul (2015-04-09). "LinkedIn acquires online education company Lynda.com for $1.5B to help progress your career". VentureBeat.

[4] Roush, Wade (2013-03-28). "Knowledge When You Need It: Lynda.com and the Rise of Online Education". Xconomy.

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