P2P Learning Startup Skillshare Gets $550,000 From Founder Collective and SV Angel Peer-to-peer education startup Skillshare, which just launched in April, raised a $550,000 angel round, according to an SEC filing. Investors in the New York City startup include Founder Collective, SV Angel, Collaborative Fund, David Tisch, and Scott Heiferman. Skillshare is a community where people can offer classes to other members. The site is focussing on classes about tech startups, food and drink, and arts & crafts to start out. The founders are curating the classes to start out in order to attract the right kind of people and define the culture of the site. The goal of Skillshare is to make education relevant and more current to what people need to learn. At the Finish Line We've reached the FINISH line for my math computation race games. But I gotta warn you, I have lots more of these games! Click the picture below to grab a copy of DIVISION RACES. ENJOY! I'm excited about the next GIVEAWAY that is only 16 FOLLOWERS away
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Learn about ENGLISH GRAMMAR and HOW TO WRITE BETTER Skillshare Founder, Champion of Lean Start-Up Mantra, On Why He Needed That $3 Million | Betabeat — News, gossip and intel from Silicon Alley 2.0. By Adrianne Jeffries 8/17/11 8:00am Share this: Skillshare CEO Mike Karnjanaprakorn with Skillshare friend, investor and office mate Zach Klein. New York-based peer-to-peer education start-up Skillshare, whose co-founder and CEO Mike Karnjanaprakorn recently typed up an article on how to launch a start-up for just $5,000, raised just enough money for its product team and a little wiggle room back in January. But this week the start-up announced two major feature releases and a $3.1 million funding raise from Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. “We’re at the point where we’re not asking, ‘will this work,’” Mr. When the Skillshare team realized they had a winning formula–a platform where anyone with a skill to share can propose to teach a class which then becomes available when a minimum number of students sign up–and when they noticed competitors starting to move in, they decided it was time to staff up and start grabbing land. “We didn’t choose investors in a couple days,” Mr. Undo
Teachers TV - The Department for Education Skip to main content GOV.UK uses cookies to make the site simpler. Find out more about cookies Is this page useful? Yes this page is useful No this page is not useful Is there anything wrong with this page? Thank you for your feedback Close Help us improve GOV.UK Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Don’t have an email address? Skillshare Raises $3.1 Million to Turn Everyone Into Teachers SkillshareA Skillshare class on baking scones. Would-be bed-and-breakfast owners can turn to Airbnb to get their operations off the ground, and basement inventors have Kickstarter to test the waters and see if their creations have a market. Now, Skillshare is hoping to turn the average person with a bit of know-how into a teacher. On Tuesday, the company is announcing that it has raised $3.1 million in a Series A round of venture financing, led by Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital, to extend its offerings. Mike Karnjanaprakorn, one of the founders of the company and its chief executive, said he hoped Skillshare would broaden access to classroom learning and education, much as Airbnb expanded the accommodations market for adventurous travelers. “We can use the Web to democratize learning and make it affordable and accessible to anyone,” he said. The company, which got off the ground in early April, has been heavily focused on expanding its community of teachers and students. Mr.
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