It’s not too late to hire interns for this summer. There are still plenty of hard-working college students who don’t have a great summer plan. Take advantage of this opportunity – this series on hiring interns will explain how we did it. Interns can be a game-changer for startups. You’re cash-strapped and resource-constrained, and yet you have more things to do than you can imagine. There are hundreds of thousands of hungry, smart, young college students who are just looking…
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As you know, Udemy is a website that enables anyone to create an online course. Our goal is to provide instructors with everything they could possibly need to create a great learning experience over the internet.  Recently, Udemy was featured in Fast Company and had a chance to talk about how we think about education, technology and Udemy’s future plans.  Fast Company’s Assistant Editor Stephanie Schomer and photographer Justin Fantl traveled to our humble abode in Palo Alto, California to talk about Udemy’s…
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“Raising Capital for Startups” on Udemy Udemy recently closed a $1 million financing from a syndicate of angel investors. I couldn’t be prouder of the Udemy team. We’re thrilled to have the support of angels who invested in (or started) companies like YouTube, Yelp, LinkedIn, Twitter, Playdom and Zynga. For those of you unfamiliar with us, Udemy is a website that enables anyone to build their own online course. You can create a course about anything – photoshop, Ruby on…
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This post is for all the people out there who are just everyday guys trying to launch a company. You don’t have a list of rock star investors. You’re not some famous entrepreneur who’s done it 3 times before. You’re just a regular guy working hard and trying to get your product noticed. It’s been a month since Udemy.com launched and we’ve been thrilled with the response. The launch was covered on TechCrunch, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, Under30CEO…
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