It All Started With A “No” (But It Led To A US$1. 5 Billion Story In The End) Posted by dumbcapital | Apr 25, 2023 | Startup News, Uncategorized | 0 | The story of how American business owner Lynda Weinman’s software training website Lynda.com -bought by LinkedIn in 2015 for US$1.5 billion- started out because of a rejection in the early 90s.