Hey everyone! Michael from Skillshare here. I’m excited to announce Skillshare Mavericks, which is a new online school that will be 100% free.
We’re unlike any other program: no teachers or classes. We don’t charge tuition and it’s 100% free, forever. Our entire curriculum and experience is centered around both project-based learning and peer-to-peer learning.
Mavericks will offer education, community, and real-world training for today's most in-demand professions. Our goal is to provide upward mobility based on motivation, aptitude, and potential. We want to do our part in bringing the world closer to a true meritocracy. This starts with leveling the playing field for as many people as possible.
Our first programs will be for Product Designers, Blockchain Developers, and Data Scientists.
Hope you can join us!
New online school powered by Skillshare! Company near & dear to my heart (one of the first startups I worked)-- excited to see new launch to grow their community of learners.
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This is interesting.
How will you drive growth without user revenue?
Free education is dope 🚬🚬
@dredurr In the future we may institute a model where companies will pay us to hire our students for new full-time or freelance opportunities, but our hope is to keep Mavericks completely free for students.
Big fan of startups trying to democratize learning... Will be interested to see the quality of a totally free service but I'm a huge supporter of the vision. Great stuff!!
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@mikekarnj, i haven't access to site. Did you shutdown the Mavericks?
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Really excited for this Blockchain Engineer course
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Great! It's about time to replace traditional education with what matters
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I really like the skillshare platform and community -- they have done an amazing job helping people improve their skillsets. Looking forward to see how this model transitions to technical skill sets like Blockchain and Data Science
Pros:
Free education -- We have had an incredibly tough time hiring Blockchain talent. Looking forward to high caliber grads!
Cons:
Still waiting to try the specific Mavericks platform
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@mikekarnj very interesting!! However, what is the monetization model of the platform, please?
*I got curious :)
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I really like the skillshare platform and community -- they have done an amazing job helping people improve their skillsets. Looking forward to see how this model transitions to technical skill sets like Blockchain and Data Science
Pros:Free education -- We have had an incredibly tough time hiring Blockchain talent. Looking forward to high caliber grads!
Cons:Still waiting to try the specific Mavericks platform