Sutra is a new approach to online learning that that lets you create conversational courses that generate higher engagement, completion, and peer to peer connection using AI facilitation.
Congrats on the launch! I think it's a real problem to solve with unfinished courses. But I'm curious about your target audience and positioning. It seems like your buyer is a course creator, but you seem to be addressing a student pain point (not finishing courses). Are creators willing to pay for solving this problem?
@janeph nice point Jane! so far all the creators we've talked to are really interested in this. uncompleted courses usually means that a person isn't buying another course. on the other hand, if a person has completed a course and feels connected to a group of people they're much more likely to purchase again. so there is a definite economic incentive for the creator.
@janeph yes our customers are course creators who want to design an engaging experience for for their participants. They are willing to pay for it because, 1. they have higher completion rates and satisfaction rates so they get more referrals and business, and 2. they feel good that their work and content is creating impact in peoples lives because it's actually being discussed and implemented, and 3. they can charge a little bit more money for their programs as it's also a subscription to connect to a whole new network of people interested in the same thing.
Hi Product Hunt family,
I’m so excited to introduce Sutra here and to launch our new Conversational Courses features on Product Hunt.
I come from 3 generations of educators and have been working in the learning and development space as an instructional designer for 20 years. I have my degree from the Harvard Ed School and am so proud to be a co-founder of this platform.
The birth of Sutra and this new feature came from my own experience of signing up and sometimes paying big money for online courses and then never completing them. Not because the content wasn’t good, but because I felt alone and had no one to share my learnings with.
And the latest stats on self paced courses is that 97% of them never get competed, my experience included.
And yet, when we are learning with others and have a way to share ideas, application and integration of the content, it’s incredibly dynamic and makes the whole experience come alive.
We now have communities and organizations all over the world shifting how they design their online learning programs to include our methodology.
Today is our first launch here and we’re so excited for you to try it out and interact with us. Thank you so much for your support. I look forward to connecting and learning more from you!!!!
Congrats on the launch! I like the email feature that lets you receive updates from others about the course. It’s a nice way to stay engaged, almost like getting a newsletter. I think this feature will be especially useful for online Master’s programs or discussion-based courses, where it’s easy to miss content and lose engagement points. I’m curious—who is your target audience? I see you have collaborated with many educational institutions, hope to see more of them!
@sonia_ponzo Hi Sonia, thanks for noticing that email notification feature. We actually put a lot of thought and love in its functionality customizing each message to each participant based on what they share, etc. We do have quite a few organizations who offer learning and development programs. We have a few Harvard professors on there with their side programs outside of university courses. As an educator I do hope we can make an impact on the overall space in online learning.
Congrats on the launch Lorenz!
97% sounds like a huge problem and this is a marvelous use of AI to solve the problem, can't wait to see more updates from Sutra.
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Thank you so much! We appreciate your support! 🎉
Amazing learning platform - I finished two courses trough sutra and one of our partner Organisation has implemented it. They are really happy with the outcomes and the ability to connect and activate their community
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@steffen_stauber1 Thank you for sharing your experience and your support! We're thrilled to hear about your success and the positive impact on your partner organization. 🙏✨
@steffen_stauber1 Hey thanks for sharing your experience with Sutra. We have quite a few organizations who run courses and then follow up by creating an membership community on Sutra as well. That's what's so cool about the platform, is that it can be used in so many different use cases. Thanks for being here and supporting us as well!
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