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Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by demadog »

nickjj wrote: post #106
dhimes wrote: post #102

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You should totally branch out on your own. Maybe put some "teaser" courses on Udemy with good content, but not premium, and do premium on your own. I want to take your letsencrypt course but would rather pay you directly. So as an example of my suggestion in this case, your Udemy course would maybe explain SSL, explain LetsEncrypt, and show how to get around, but the best, most usable scripts and info would only be a…

I tried many different strategies over the years. The only real move is to never use Udemy for anything. If you put a watered down version of a course on Udemy and then try to sell your premium course at the end, then a ton of people who go through the course will just slam you with 1 star reviews saying things like "this idiot gave us a 5 hour course where I learned a lot but now he wants us to buy the premium cours…

Well your $59 flask course looks awesome, you’re definitely on the right track and I see the value over having a direct connection to the creator rather than through Udemy.

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by dhimes »

Lucadg wrote: post #110
dhimes wrote: post #80

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What delivery platform do you use?

Do you mean for the Italian version? Own Wordpress website with s2member plugin

OK. I just set up a LearnDash site trying to focus on content and not the engineering for an MVP. Thinking maybe Moodle when it's time to migrate.

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by chriscatoya »

It makes a lot of sense for Benesse to get into online education, let's see if they can do something that works with Udemy. It might help Udemy as well to get Berlitz co-branding on some content on the platform and start a path that's almost like Masterclass but instead of curated around industry legends, it's brands and institutions.

Also, having visited Benesse House museum this winter, I'd be really excited to see content come out of this that covers more of the art on Naoshima in a highly accessible way.

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by firatcan »

ChrisRR wrote: post #62

My issue with Udemy isn't their constant "sales" or the way they treat their tutors. It's the 95% amount of crap on the platform. It's genuinely difficult to sort the good quality courses from the tons of bad courses. Especially the ones that have got tons of 5 star ratings but only because the tutor promised them another free course if they rate 5 stars. Just because everyone can upload a course to Udemy, doesn't me…

Actually we had the same problem and we are trying to create a platform called Jooseph, which is basically playlists for learning. You can follow modules curated from different resources.

We realized there are a lot of great content out there but it is hard to suspect which one is time worthy or which is reliable or relevant.

So at Jooseph you can follow curated list of resources from different channels such as medium, youtube or podcasts anything valuable. Also, any user can create his/her own list for share or just to store it.

We are at Public Beta right Now you can try free from; https://jooseph.com

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by firatcan »

rolltiide wrote: post #96
ChrisRR wrote: post #62

My issue with Udemy isn't their constant "sales" or the way they treat their tutors. It's the 95% amount of crap on the platform. It's genuinely difficult to sort the good quality courses from the tons of bad courses. Especially the ones that have got tons of 5 star ratings but only because the tutor promised them another free course if they rate 5 stars. Just because everyone can upload a course to Udemy, doesn't me…

> My issue with Udemy isn't their constant "sales" or the way they treat their tutors. Which was the same half a decade ago except they just sold another $50M worth of shares and will keep doing this for another half a decade. Occasionally there are some gems. But yes like others have said I have gotten more value from free youtube courses in the last 2 or 3 years. Udemy courses have more so pointed me in the right d…

Actually we had the same problem and we trying to create a platform called Jooseph, which is basically playlists for learning. You can follow modules curated from different resources.

Like you said there are a lot of great youtube courses out there.

So at Jooseph you can follow curated list of resources from different channels such as medium, youtube or podcasts anything valuable. Also, any user can create his/her own list for share or just to store it.

We are at Public Beta right Now you can try free from; https://jooseph.com

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by firatcan »

sfblah wrote: post #86

Udemy is just like all sorts of things in the economy: it’s a stupid-people tax. You can learn the same information from free videos or just a book.

Actually we are trying to create a platform called Jooseph, which is basically playlists for learning. You can follow modules curated from different resources.

We are trying create a platform that you can gather those kind of resources for someone to learn that topic easily.

So at Jooseph you can follow curated list of resources from different channels such as medium, youtube or podcasts anything valuable. Also, any user can create his/her own list for share or just to store it.

We are at Public Beta right Now you can try free from; https://jooseph.com

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by 100-xyz »

firatcan wrote: post #116
ChrisRR wrote: post #62

My issue with Udemy isn't their constant "sales" or the way they treat their tutors. It's the 95% amount of crap on the platform. It's genuinely difficult to sort the good quality courses from the tons of bad courses. Especially the ones that have got tons of 5 star ratings but only because the tutor promised them another free course if they rate 5 stars. Just because everyone can upload a course to Udemy, doesn't me…

Actually we had the same problem and we are trying to create a platform called Jooseph, which is basically playlists for learning. You can follow modules curated from different resources. We realized there are a lot of great content out there but it is hard to suspect which one is time worthy or which is reliable or relevant. So at Jooseph you can follow curated list of resources from different channels such as mediu…

Hey checked out jooseph. Looks good.

Re: Udemy raises $50M at a $2B valuation from Japanese publisher Benesse

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Post by unreal37 »

pritambarhate wrote: post #38
tiew9Vii wrote: post #32

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https://www.udemy.com/user/stephane-maarek/ His Kafka course https://www.udemy.com/course/apache-kafka/ is highly rated and AWS courses get good feedback. A lot of effort gone in to the production and is knowledgeable on the topics. Given the Kafka course has 56,023 registered students alone even at the lowest offer price minus Udemy fee's he's done alright out of it.

Sometimes authors give away a course for free for a few days and post on places like Reddit. This helps them to get the initial mass and ratings. So we can't always assume that all registered students have paid for the course. I have taken a few free courses like these when I saw them on reddit.

Stephane is legit.
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