Co-founder, Lynda.com

Lynda Weinman is co-founder and Executive Chair of Lynda.com. A Web graphics and design veteran, Weinman wrote the very first industry book on Web design, Designing Web Graphics, in 1995. She is a prominent educator and the author of dozens of best-selling books. Weinman was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, in 1989, and has worked as an animator and motion graphics director in the film special effects industry.

Weinman has worked as a consultant for Adobe, Macromedia, and Microsoft, and has conducted workshops at Disney, Microsoft, Adobe, and Macromedia. She has been a keynote speaker, moderator, and lecturer at numerous design, animation, Web design, and computer-graphics conferences. Weinman and her husband Bruce Heavin co-founded lynda.com in 1995.

You Need to Hire the People Who Can Disrupt Themselves

One of the markers of a fast growing company is you constantly have to reevaluate everything.

Relish the Chance to Work for Yourself

The freedom to run your own company and be able to make ethical decisions and stick to your beliefs and stick to your values is very precious and easily lost.