linkedin CEO 宣布以15亿美元收购在线学习网站Lynda，技能教育连接招聘和职业社交
美国职业社交网站LinkedIn今日宣布，将以约15亿美元收购在线学习网站Lynda.com。
Lynda.com总部位于加州，拥有550名员工，由琳达·威曼(Lynda Weinman)和布鲁斯·海文(Bruce Heavin)共同创办。公司专门制作在线学习工具，并将其出售给个人和大企业客户。
Lynda.com提供逾5700项课程和25.5万段视频辅导。注册后，会员便可以访问这些课程。这些课程支持英语、德国、法语、西班牙语和日语。
LinkedIn CEO杰夫·维纳(Jeff Weiner)称：“LinkedIn和Lynda.com的使命高度一致，都是为了帮助专业人士更好地做好本职工作。”
通过收购Lynda，LinkedIn打通了职业教育、在线招聘、职场社交这个链条，从发现和匹配人才到培养人才，Linkedin显然进入了一个附加值更高的市场。
LinkedIn一直提供行业资讯等方面的增值服务，订阅用户可以接触到优质的行业内信息资源。Lynda的教育资源是对这块增值服务的一个加强和延伸。
该交易将以现金加股票形式进行，其中现金占约52%，股票部分占约48%。据预计，该交易将于本季度内完成。
就在今年年初，Lynda刚刚完成了由TPG Capital领投的新一轮融资1.86亿美元，估值已经接近10亿美元，这也是全球教育科技领域自2010年以来的最大单笔融资。
而在国内，近日，在线教育领域也是再度沸腾，三家涉足K12在线教育的创业公司在3月30日和31日“抢头条”式的扎堆宣布获得融资。所谓K12是来自美国的概念，指从幼儿园到大学前的基础教育阶段。
专注做初高中在线做题和测评的猿题库宣布获得6000万元D轮融资，估值3.6亿美元；专攻基础教育阶段的一起作业网宣布获得D轮1亿美元融资，估值6亿美元；致力于打造涵盖中小学教育、大学留学教育和艺术体育生活类培训三大板块的教师O2O平台跟谁学宣布获得5000万美元A轮融资，估值2.5亿美元。
不过，有了资本的推手，并不等于一定可以成功。就目前而言，在线教育的各种模式都处在探索之中，尚乏成功案例。在业界人士看来，这也是BAT迟迟没有大举发力、新东方转型线上亦步亦趋的原因之一。稍早之前，世纪佳缘创始人龚海燕连续创办91外教网、梯子网均铩羽而归。
琳达·威曼(Lynda Weinman) 的博文：
Today, I am thrilled to share the exciting news that lynda.com hasentered into an agreement to be acquired by LinkedIn. Our story is one only possible in the Internet age, and it has been an unbelievable journey that proves just how much people have come to value and embrace new ways to learn new skills.
As a teacher, entrepreneur and lifelong learner, this is a very exciting moment in my own professional journey. Early on in my career, as a teacher at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, I found my passion and talent for de-mystifying design software for my technology-phobic art students. In 1995, I secured the domain lynda.com as a sandbox from which to teach web publishing. I wrote my first book in 1996, with invaluable help from my husband Bruce Heavin, called Designing Web Graphics, and never dreamed that it would become an international bestseller.
Although the platform has changed—from in-person teaching at our small school in Ojai, California, to courses on VHS, DVD and later the Internet—from the start, lynda.com became known for our friendly, approachable teaching style. We have always focused on making lynda.com flexible enabling people to learn from anywhere, at their own pace and on their own schedules.
When we were approached by LinkedIn, we instantly recognized that the synergy between the two companies offered a match unlike any other. LinkedIn has the largest database of professionals in the world, all of whom potentially benefit from self-paced study of new skills. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, and I both believe that the skills gap is one of the leading social issues of our time—technology, changes fast and people need to keep their skills up to date. We have a shared vision of connecting relevant knowledge to those in need of new or stronger skills, and believe that together we can positively impact the global job market and economy.
This is a moment in history when people can learn anytime, anywhere, and with no boundaries. We believe in LinkedIn’s future stewardship and vision, and feel that we have found a perfect cultural fit for our mission. We are thrilled to be part of something bigger than ourselves, and look forward to helping more people learn the skills that are needed in today’s rapidly changing economic landscape.
Congratulations to the entire lynda team, and here’s a toast to people everywhere who are motivated and empowered to learn new skills. Thank you to all of our members who have supported and contributed to our success.
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快讯：linkedin CEO 宣布以15亿美元收购在线学习网站Lynda美国职业社交网站LinkedIn今日宣布，将以约15亿美元收购在线学习网站Lynda.com。
Lynda.com总部位于加州，拥有550名员工，由琳达·威曼(Lynda Weinman)和布鲁斯·海文(Bruce Heavin)共同创办。公司专门制作在线学习工具，并将其出售给个人和大企业客户。
Lynda.com提供逾5700项课程和25.5万段视频辅导。注册后，会员便可以访问这些课程。这些课程支持英语、德国、法语、西班牙语和日语。
LinkedIn CEO杰夫·维纳(Jeff Weiner)称：“LinkedIn和Lynda.com的使命高度一致，都是为了帮助专业人士更好地做好本职工作。”
该交易将以现金加股票形式进行，其中现金占约52%，股票部分占约48%。据预计，该交易将于本季度内完成。
琳达·威曼(Lynda Weinman) 的博文：
Today, I am thrilled to share the exciting news that lynda.com hasentered into an agreement to be acquired by LinkedIn. Our story is one only possible in the Internet age, and it has been an unbelievable journey that proves just how much people have come to value and embrace new ways to learn new skills.
As a teacher, entrepreneur and lifelong learner, this is a very exciting moment in my own professional journey. Early on in my career, as a teacher at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, I found my passion and talent for de-mystifying design software for my technology-phobic art students. In 1995, I secured the domain lynda.com as a sandbox from which to teach web publishing. I wrote my first book in 1996, with invaluable help from my husband Bruce Heavin, called Designing Web Graphics, and never dreamed that it would become an international bestseller.
Although the platform has changed—from in-person teaching at our small school in Ojai, California, to courses on VHS, DVD and later the Internet—from the start, lynda.com became known for our friendly, approachable teaching style. We have always focused on making lynda.com flexible enabling people to learn from anywhere, at their own pace and on their own schedules.
When we were approached by LinkedIn, we instantly recognized that the synergy between the two companies offered a match unlike any other. LinkedIn has the largest database of professionals in the world, all of whom potentially benefit from self-paced study of new skills. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, and I both believe that the skills gap is one of the leading social issues of our time—technology, changes fast and people need to keep their skills up to date. We have a shared vision of connecting relevant knowledge to those in need of new or stronger skills, and believe that together we can positively impact the global job market and economy.
This is a moment in history when people can learn anytime, anywhere, and with no boundaries. We believe in LinkedIn’s future stewardship and vision, and feel that we have found a perfect cultural fit for our mission. We are thrilled to be part of something bigger than ourselves, and look forward to helping more people learn the skills that are needed in today’s rapidly changing economic landscape.
Congratulations to the entire lynda team, and here’s a toast to people everywhere who are motivated and empowered to learn new skills. Thank you to all of our members who have supported and contributed to our success.
LinkedIn确认收购招聘推荐软件Careerify
拥有超过 3 亿用户的 LinkedIn 昨日宣布收购总部位于多伦多的 Careerify。公司成立于 2009 年，已有不少企业在使用 Careerify，其中包括 Deloitte, Groupon, Microsoft, SpaceX 和 Unilever。
Careerify 是款招聘推荐软件，可通过抓取员工的社交网络信息（像 LinkedIn、Twitter 和 Facebook），来发现他们的朋友适合公司的哪些工作职位。换言之，就是通过覆盖更大的人脉网络来帮助企业完成招聘工作。除此之外，Careerify 能及时通知本公司的员工，告诉他们公司有哪些新开放的职位，有助于将好的人才留住。
以下为Careerify创始人及首席执行官Harpaul Sambhi在其官网上发布的一封信件：
招聘推荐软件Careerify成立之初就心怀远大梦想：消除全球失业的同时让客户更有利可图更有策略。而如今，我很高兴的告知各位，我们被linkedin收购了（我们决定加入linkedin）。
我们创业之初恰逢最萧条的年代，那时候数以百万计找工作的人的求职经历用大海捞针来形容一点也不为过。于是，我们提出相应的解决方案，通过抓取员工的社交网络信息，以此找寻并及时推荐适合公司空缺公开职位的最佳人选。
加入linkedin，是因为我们缺乏它那样的大数据。全球有大约超过三万多家公司的招聘是受linkedin的影响，仅注册人数就有三亿四千七百万，这么庞大的用户群可以让领英在求职招聘中发挥更大的影响。我们非常兴奋能加入linkedin，这样可以提高我们的技术，能接触更大范围的人才。
与linkedin合作，Careerify不仅仅是专注内部流动性和招聘品牌，我们会更专注于更新人员推荐软件，为已有用户提供更好的服务，不再接收新用户。
回首过去，我们做出的这般惊人成就得益于广大用户，谢谢你们无条件的支持，我们才走到今天这一步。这些年来你们的长久追随和信任我们的目标，对此我们表示深深的感谢。
就如俗话说的那样：事业与激情的结合是多么美好的事情啊！我们期待与领英团队的合作，来帮助用户找到他们梦寐以求的工作，找到与职位最匹配的人。
祝好！
Harpaul Sambhi
Careerify 创始人及首席执行官
The Next Frontier: Careerify Joins LinkedIn
Careerify was founded with a bold mission: to eradicate unemployment globally while making our clients more profitable and strategic. Today, I’m happy to share that we’ve been acquired by LinkedIn.
We started this business during one of the worst recessions of our time, where the term ‘needle in a haystack’ reflected the job search experience for millions of candidates. In response, we developed a referral solution that looked at open jobs within an organization and scanned its employees’ connections on social networks in real-time to pinpoint the perfect candidate.
We decided to join LinkedIn due to what we lacked – massive scale. More than 30,000 companies across the globe leverage LinkedIn for recruitment, and with more than 347 million members, LinkedIn offers an opportunity to make a much larger impact on job seeking and hiring. We are absolutely thrilled to be joining LinkedIn to accelerate our technology and connect talent with opportunity on a massive scale.
As we work with LinkedIn, Careerify will no longer focus its efforts on internal mobility and employer branding. We’ll focus purely on further improving our employee referral software for existing customers, and will not be taking on new customers.
Reflecting on this incredible journey, we would like to thank our customers for their unbelievable support. You stood by us and believed in our mission throughout the years and there are simply no words to express our gratitude for that.
As the saying goes, “It’s a beautiful thing when career and passion come together.” We look forward to working with the LinkedIn team to help people find their dream jobs, and jobs find the right people.
All the best,
Harpaul Sambhi
Careerify Founder and CEO
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