career-upskilling
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The Degree Wasn’t the Education
Skill-Lync began with two engineers discovering that a degree could leave them unprepared for engineering. Their remedy - projects, simulations and proof of work - became a global classroom, then a caution about the cost of growing one too quickly.
Ziplines Education
Ziplines Education is a San Carlos, California-based career accelerator that partners with universities to deliver flexible, cohort-based online non-credit certificate courses in high-growth fields like AI, project management, digital marketing, business analytics, and Salesforce administration. Founded in 2017 as GreenFig and relaunched as Ziplines Education in 2024 under CEO Sara Leoni, the company blends live instruction, on-demand content, and real-world work simulations to help adult learners close the gap between traditional education and the skills the digital workforce actually demands.