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Michael Seibel

Foreword - High impact workshops to help you thrive at startups

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Foreword is a marketplace for live, online workshops. Learn actionable skills that'll help you thrive at startups with topics like: becoming a manager, working remotely, communicating effectively, and more.

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Brian Park
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Hey Product Hunt - Malea and I are the co-founders of Foreword 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ Not gonna lie - it's been a windy journey for us with a pivot (or two), but we're so excited to finally be here! Thanks @mwseibel for hunting us 🙏🏼 We're making it super easy to browse and join interactive online workshops on all the topics we wish we had help with at startups: becoming a manager, working remotely, navigating stress, and others (https://www.foreword.live/featured). Historically - companies have turned to in-person trainings, but they're expensive and long-winded 😪. That's why recorded on-demand classes (MOOCs) were all the rage a decade ago, but what they provide in convenience, they tend to lose out on engagement. With Foreword, we're combining the best of both: interactive live sessions without losing the convenience of doing things online. Our workshops are punchy (1-2hrs in length), packed with actionable tools, and led by expert-vetted facilitators that have done trainings for companies like Facebook, Nike, Pinterest, and a ton of YC startups. It's crazy to think that most of us lose out on formal learning opportunities when we graduate from school. We're looking to change that 😇 You'd also be surprised by how HR teams at startups are interested in paying for your trainings. Let us know if you’re interested and we can pull all the right strings (brian@foreword.live) Curious to hear what you think and happy to share more about our journey (warts and all)!
Samuel Beek
@mwseibel @foreword @brianjohnpark Looks super interesting Brian! I think for fast scaling companies, learning and development can be a big challenge, and it seems like this makes it very easy to level up your team. Few questions: Are you considering adding a review system? Are the classes shared between companies? Or is any class or workshop work you join as an employee only with your colleagues?
Brian Park
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thanks @samuelbeek! ratings and reviews are definitely in the pipeline and a popular feature request :) We have private workshops for teams, but we also have shared sessions where folks can also join on their own. There's quite a bit of flexibility!
arrel
How big a company are you targeting as customers? A "scalable L&D program" sounds like enterprise to me, but does it work for startups that are only 15 or 20 people?
Brian Park
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Maker
Absolutely! We've worked with startups that's as small as just the founding team. Pricing is super flexible where you can book just a seat (or two) in a session and we also have group/volume discounts if you want to send a larger crew.
Sam Steyer
This is awesome, Brian! I was very happy to see you're building such a cool, needed company.
Brian Park
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Maker
I really appreciate it @sam_steyer - hope you've been well. Greenwork looks awesome btw!
Aditi Shekar
Having built education products at General Assembly and Guild Education, I have this need in spades. Excited to see you folks bring this to life!
Brian Park
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Maker
That means a lot @aditishekar - General Assembly and Guild Education are some of my all time favorites :)
Anson Kao
Congrats on the launch! What beautifully presented value prop 🤩
Brian Park
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Maker
Thanks @anson_kao! We certainly had a lot of practice during group office hours 😉
Alexander Habovda
Looking good! The idea is amazing!
Andrew Tsao
Loving the variety of these workshops! There's so many I'm interested in. Great job building and launching this!
Brian Park
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Maker
So kind of you @andrew_tsao - would love to have you and your colleagues in some of our sessions :) Btw, I just checked out Groups - what an impactful mission 🙏🏼
Manav Kohli
Congrats on the launch! This would be a huge help in getting new teammates ramped up
Anna Dudina
Looks like an interest project!
Brian Park
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Maker
thanks @anna_dudina 🙌🏼
Ali Jiwani
What a journey you guys have had and what a great looking product!
Brian Park
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Maker
Appreciate the support @ali_jiwani1! I'm excited for what you've got cookin up too 🙌🏼
Katherine Sears
Very underserved market and very much needed skills! Terrific idea.
Brian Park
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Maker
Thanks @katherine_sears! Let me know if there are any sessions that'd be helpful for you and the Litnerd team
Kristen Sager
@maleagadoury @brianjohnpark: I love this idea -- great work you guys. But I would expect no less from this dynamic duo.
Brian Park
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Maker
Your kind words mean a lot @kristen_sager! ❤️
Aung Thura
Great idea. By chance are you looking for specific subject matter experts as trainers?
Sinju Thomas
This is brilliant @brianjohnpark!
Ruth Stewart
Congrats!
Brian Ellison
Great work
America Handfield
Good Product
JoyQR
Nice lineup of workshops. Congrats on the launch!