Skillshare
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Skillshare is an online learning community based in the United States that provides educational videos.[1][2][3] The courses are unaccredited and are only available through a paid subscription.[4]
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Online learning |
| Founded | November 2010 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Matt Cooper, CEO |
| Website | skillshare |
Most of the courses focus on interaction, with the primary goal of learning by completing a project.[5]
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Michael Karnjanaprakorn and Malcolm Ong started Skillshare in New York City, New York in November 2010; the site was live in April 2011.[6][7] Previously, Karnjanaprakorn led the product team at Hot Potato, a social media product bought by Facebook. Ong was the product manager at OMGPop.[8][9] It was originally a platform where students enrolled in offline courses.[4]
Skillshare held the Penny Conference on educational reform in April 2012,[7][10] with Karnjanaprakorn, Codecademy’s co-founder Zach Sims, and Pencils of Promise founder Adam Braun as speakers.[7]
Skillshare launched online courses in August 2012.[4] By April 2013, it hosted over 150 courses,[11] and launched its School of Design.[12]
In March 2014, Skillshare moved to a membership model for $9.95 a month instead of pay-per-course model.[13] Later that year, the company became an open platform, where anyone could be a course instructor, and introduced a free membership option to watch a limited amount of class content each month.[14] In May 2016, the site had 5 million users.[15]
As of 2020, the company had raised $108 million in funding.[16]
In September 2021, Skillshare discontinued the option of offering classes for free and required users to have either a paid membership or a free trial to access all courses, including those that were previously available for free.[17] As of 2021, it hosted 35,000 courses,[18] on topics like business, art, filmmaking, web development, photography, music, and writing.[19]
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