General Assembly raises $35M Series C

Post by jamiequint » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 11:36 PM UTC

ludicast wrote: post #9

inmygarage wrote: post #5

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I think the in-person element is crucial to the future of education. While there are many people who live in rural areas or internationally who benefit immensely from online platforms like Coursera, there are also a ton of people who live close enough to a city that it's worth it to pay more for the opportunity to learn in a physical environment. That's why GA is great - it takes the best of both, and can provide onl…

Don't want to be "that guy" but compare these offerings: GA Data Science (4000$ and taught by MBAs): https://generalassemb.ly/education/data-science/new-york-cit... Johns Hopkins Data Science via Coursera (490$, taught by Professors of Biostatistics, and granting a cert with Hopkins' name on it): https://www.coursera.org/specialization/jhudatascience/1?utm... Now I'm not taking either class, but going to be very hard…

Post by mathattack » Sun, Mar 09, 2014, 3:07 AM UTC

untog wrote: post #31

mathattack wrote: post #7

We want to build General Assembly to still be thriving 75 years from now There's a lot of negativity here on their pivot and marketing. I just like that they're talking about building a company to last. (Of course the VCs will want their money back well before 75 years)

Well, I can't remember the last time I saw a company say "We want this organisation to totally burn out in about eighteen months..."