The challenge of letting go for a founder who is running everything

Anthony James, Linux Academy, Content, Educational Company, Hiring, Marketing

The person you’re about to meet is Anthony James ad he has an incredible story.

Anthony decided he wanted to create a Linux focused website and it expanded.

He is the founder of Linux Academy, which offers online training and certification in Linux, AWS, OpenStack and DevOps.

I want to get into how he started the company. I also want to know why he took in funding when he had grown it so well.

You’ll hear about that and you’ll hear about the struggles of letting go as an entrepreneur who does so much within the company.

Side note: LinuxAcademy is now A Cloud Guru.

Anthony James

Linux Academy

Anthony James is the founder of Linux Academy, which offers online training and certification in Linux, AWS, OpenStack and DevOps.

Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com. It is, of course, home of the ambitious upstart. And today I’ve got with me actually a guest and the person who introduced me to the guest. Christophe, good to see you, man.

Christophe: Hey, how’s it going, Andrew?

Andrew: So usually the person who introduces me to the guest doesn’t get mentioned. I should maybe, I guess, but I don’t want to cram too many names and too much information. But you happened to be in the office of the person who you suggested I interview. Why are you in his office?

Christophe: Because I work there. I work at Linux Academy. I’ve been there for about nine months now.

Andrew: And why’d you think that I should have him on?

Christophe: Because this is an awesome company and we’ve grown so much and I just thought it fit perfectly with the style of the show. I’ve been a huge fan of the show...

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