I’m biased but @udemy is a true underdog story + thought I’d share details we’ve never shared before. ICYMI, we announced a $50M raise at $2B valuation. Udemy almost died at least 5x. We got rejected by everyone in the Valley. Startups are never a straight line. *Read on*
Education is broken. Here is what the future of education will look like: 1. Teaching will become an extremely lucrative profession. Salaries will follow a power law. The best teachers will make millions of dollars per year and teach thousands of students per year.
Steve Jobs on consulting profession : https://t.co/GOLyABgCbV
If you’re a programmer, you can: - Make SaaS products - Write eBooks - Make apps - Create video courses - Do freelancing - Give live training - Do paid support - Publish a paid newsletter If you accumulate $325/day from doing many of these at the same time, you’ll make $10K/mo.
2000 customers @ $39/month is almost $1M/year. If your software can handle 2000 customers, you can worry about scalability once the $1M/year is flowing in. Scalability doesn’t get you cutomers. First have customers, then worry about scalability. The order matters.
How I automate my life, including these money rules On my Instagram story right now https://t.co/qzd8KdZ7ef
Let's do this. 1/ Buffett: "Most people come to our meeting to hear Charlie. At 96 he is in fine shape. It didn't seem like a good idea to have him come to this meeting. Charlie is in fine shape and he will be back next year." Charlie is now doing video streaming meetings.
Let’s face it, our education system is obsolete. It’s outdated. It’s outrageous. It’s broken. New and bold alternatives are already being tested out there. My bet? Online education will have a groundbreaking impact in the way future generations learn. Here's why👇
1/ The amount of great content coming out these days for founders, managers, and employees is incredible. Tons of 10+ and even 100+ page detailed tactical manuals, interactive guides, curated content databases, you name it. A few notable examples:
I spent a while digging through the history of the @github repo page and made this timeline gif from 2008 to 2020 💁♀️ https://t.co/9sjL6UNQtW
We just launched an experimental new tutorial for setting up @Stripe. I personally think it's 🤯 but would love to hear thoughts from anyone currently integrating! https://t.co/bXr82FxXSk https://t.co/ohbkplgJIv
Work styles are going to completely change for the vast majority of companies in the coming months. This will be a period of rapid innovation in enterprise software, and spell the end of many legacy approaches to IT.
What is the best online course you have ever taken?
What's your favorite Charlie Munger quote?
Dear lazyweb, Reddit in its early days famously had fake users posting content to make it seem like there was more activity than there really was - as a means of solving the chicken and egg problem in building a network Know if any other examples like this?
Founders: what's in your pitch deck? Here are my must-haves: ✨Vision 💵Market size ☹️Problem 😊Solution 🏰Competition/differentiation moat 📝Go-to-market/business model 📈Traction/financials 🗺Roadmap/milestones to achieve 👛Fundraise/use of funds 👩🏽🎤Team/advisors/invest…
Checklist for online writing: • Remove every unnecessary word • Focus on clarity, not cleverness • If a sentence bores your reader, delete it • Make your reader smarter • Treat every word like it’s on trial for its life • Write like you’re talking to a friend at a bar
Schools are closing. Thousands of teachers will be teaching online for the first time in their lives, and students deserve to keep learning. Here’s my advice to teachers. 1. Bring extra energy: You need extra energy when you’re teaching online. Turn up your energy by 50%.
14 Ideas on How to Grow Your Business by Writing (THREAD) Ideas are all from @shl and @david_perell Notes below 👇 https://t.co/c3Q45CZtdP
Unbundling the university: - liberal arts - technical education - summer camp - dating market - sports - co-living - salons - hedge fund - 4 year vacation - flirting w/ marxism - coming of age - alumni network - credential - prestige - insurance policy - identity - coming of age
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