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The state of online learning:
1) YouTube will eat the low-end of the market.
2) People will pay 5-15x more for live courses.
3) The three biggest competitive advantages are the personality of a creator, the warmth of the community, and the quality of the student experience.
1) YouTube will eat the low-end of the market.
2) People will pay 5-15x more for live courses.
3) The three biggest competitive advantages are the personality of a creator, the warmth of the community, and the quality of the student experience.
4) Most of the big companies have been designed for pre-recorded courses. The market is ready for a platform focused on live courses.
5) Course creators should take guidance from fitness communities like SoulCycle, ToughMudder, and CrossFit.
5) Course creators should take guidance from fitness communities like SoulCycle, ToughMudder, and CrossFit.
6) The pedagogy of traditional education is unhelpful for online learning.
7) People don't pay for information. They pay for outcomes.
8) Low-end courses improve their offer by adding features. High-end instructors improve it by taking them away. Elegance wins at the high end.
7) People don't pay for information. They pay for outcomes.
8) Low-end courses improve their offer by adding features. High-end instructors improve it by taking them away. Elegance wins at the high end.
9) Until now, homeschooling has been prohibitively expensive. But by lowering the costs of it, companies like @withprimer will expand the market.
10) The education industry is limited by the idea that learning and fun are inversely correlated. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1228873220167753728?s=20
10) The education industry is limited by the idea that learning and fun are inversely correlated. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1228873220167753728?s=20
11) Lack of community is the biggest reason why homeschooling isn't more common.
12) Just as remote work shows us how much time we waste at the office, homeschooling will show parents how much time kids waste at school.
12) Just as remote work shows us how much time we waste at the office, homeschooling will show parents how much time kids waste at school.
13) MBA programs have a scarier future than undergraduate ones.
14) The President of every struggling liberal arts school should focus on increasing enrollment.
15) Small liberal arts schools compete with state schools, not each other. https://twitter.com/anafabrega11/status/1235360321197543426?s=20
14) The President of every struggling liberal arts school should focus on increasing enrollment.
15) Small liberal arts schools compete with state schools, not each other. https://twitter.com/anafabrega11/status/1235360321197543426?s=20
16) Curriculum is destined to become a commodity.
17) Teachers should study entertainers.
18) School teachers will struggle to build online schools because they'll obsess over the curriculum and under-rating the importance of marketing and business. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1253530120687464449?s=20
17) Teachers should study entertainers.
18) School teachers will struggle to build online schools because they'll obsess over the curriculum and under-rating the importance of marketing and business. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1253530120687464449?s=20
19) You can’t sell a $1,500+ course without a strong word-of-mouth component.
20) Time zones plague every live course creator. The inability for all students to be together at once lowers their market size.
21) Somebody will make a fortune building a “Zoom for education.”
20) Time zones plague every live course creator. The inability for all students to be together at once lowers their market size.
21) Somebody will make a fortune building a “Zoom for education.”
22) History will remember Y-Combinator as the most innovative school in the world today.
23) Colleges will survive by doubling down on the college experience and partnering with yet-to-be-built, white labeled online education platforms.
23) Colleges will survive by doubling down on the college experience and partnering with yet-to-be-built, white labeled online education platforms.
24) Over time, economic power will shift from the colleges to the education platforms. At that point, they’ll build their own brands and launch their own universities — similar to how Netflix now has a global brand, produces its own movies, and owns the customer relationship.
25) The ideal course completion rate isn’t 100%. If it’s that high, the course is too easy.
26) For every emerging software platform, there’s a course to be built for general onboarding or advanced user tutorials, but the majority of these courses will be obsolete in 3-5 years.
26) For every emerging software platform, there’s a course to be built for general onboarding or advanced user tutorials, but the majority of these courses will be obsolete in 3-5 years.
27) The loose labor market inflates demand for courses that explicitly help people get jobs.
28) Courses will partner with companies. Courses benefit from the prestige, companies benefit from reduced onboarding and recruiting costs. High unemployment accelerates this process.
28) Courses will partner with companies. Courses benefit from the prestige, companies benefit from reduced onboarding and recruiting costs. High unemployment accelerates this process.
29) Instructors are experts in changing student identity at scale.
30) You can't think clearly about childhood education until you separate the daycare benefits for parents from the education one for kids. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1236821744826138624?s=20
30) You can't think clearly about childhood education until you separate the daycare benefits for parents from the education one for kids. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1236821744826138624?s=20
31) If nothing else, homeschooling can improve student outcomes because kids don't have to wake up so early.
32) Culturally, we should be studying the "Middle School Engagement Drop." In 5th grade, 74% of students are engaged. But by 9th grade, that number falls to 40%. Why?
32) Culturally, we should be studying the "Middle School Engagement Drop." In 5th grade, 74% of students are engaged. But by 9th grade, that number falls to 40%. Why?
33) Like Silicon Valley startups, online courses need a "technical co-founder" to run technical integrations.
34) Most online courses are B2C, but the B2B market will explode once social norms change. Right now, people don't take courses at work. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1274428534174310402?s=20
34) Most online courses are B2C, but the B2B market will explode once social norms change. Right now, people don't take courses at work. https://twitter.com/david_perell/status/1274428534174310402?s=20
35) Low-end online courses sell convenience. High-end ones stand in opposition to it because hard things are never easy.
36) High-end courses are $2,000+ in part because of affiliate links. At that price point, the affiliate makes $1,000 per purchase, which is easy profit.
36) High-end courses are $2,000+ in part because of affiliate links. At that price point, the affiliate makes $1,000 per purchase, which is easy profit.
37) Online course businesses are hard to sell because of key-man risk with the instructor.
38) Because the courses are hard to sell, creators talk more about cash than equity.
39) Every course walks the spectrum between a performance marketing focus and a brand marketing one.
38) Because the courses are hard to sell, creators talk more about cash than equity.
39) Every course walks the spectrum between a performance marketing focus and a brand marketing one.
40) Instructor key-man risk doubles as a moat. People can copy your curriculum and your marketing strategy, but they can never copy your personality.
41) Online course instructors climb a ladder of three marketing channels: from social media, to an email list, to a book.
41) Online course instructors climb a ladder of three marketing channels: from social media, to an email list, to a book.
