YC Startup Class
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A live, one-hour class by Sam Altman on Platzi
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Building Communities — A live class by Product Hunt's Erik Torenberg
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Sacha Greif
Wish I could attend live, but it'll be 5AM here in Japan :( But do let me know if you guys mention/have questions about Telescope or Brick By Brick!
Christian Van Der H.
@sachagreif for future classes, what schedule will you prefer for Japan?
Sacha Greif
@cvander usually late afternoon/evening US time is best for me (morning in Japan).
David Spinks
Love seeing all the community focused products on here lately. What is the format of the classes? Lecture + Q&a?
John Freddy Vega
@davidspinks Yeah. Also there's real-time notes/questions shared and ranked among the students while the class is happening.
Sam Parr
How is this different from creative live? Do they charge after the live filming?
John Freddy Vega
@thesamparr Nope. Everything is free and it will continue to be for this class.
Sam Parr
@freddier So what's the business model? Some feedback: when I buy things I appreciate them more and follow through
John Freddy Vega
@thesamparr We plan to charge $29/month to access more advance long courses on Design, Marketing and Programming. They will be 2 weeks long each, with three 2-hour live classes weekly plus other stuff. Soon. What do you think?
Sam Parr
@freddier So I buy two or three courses a year and about a new book a week (just some background). I don't love the subscription model as a consumer because i like focusing on one course and paying for it vs. constantly consuming new courses.
John Freddy Vega
@thesamparr So, a dual model where you can either get one course or a subscription to access all live sessions would work?
Marc Köhlbrugge
I know it says "live class" but does anyone know whether a recording will be made available later?
Neil S W Murray
@marckohlbrugge From the site: "All our classes are livestreamed and recorded afterwards. Try not to miss the live experience, it's awesome."
Erik Torenberg
excited for this. let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to hear about!
Gozde Aksay
@eriktorenberg thanks for this! I really liked the fact that it was more of a spontaneous talk where you focused on stories and examples for community building instead of slides and prepared sentences. I enjoyed the experience on Platzi a lot. It was professional and smooth with nice transitions between cameras and the screen. Thanks @cvander for moderating.
John Freddy Vega
@eriktorenberg @cvander @gozdeaksay That's great to hear Gozde. Is there anything else you'd like to see in Platzi?
Gozde Aksay
@freddier Do you remind users when the class is starting? I subscribed for this class and almost forgot when it was time.
John Freddy Vega
@gozdeaksay We send an email an hour before the class. You didn't get it? From courses@platzi.com?
Gozde Aksay
@platzi @freddier That's cool. Calendar entry also helps. I didn't get an email though. I might've subscribed within the hour, but I think it was earlier.
Erik Torenberg
@cvander @gozdeaksay hey gozde! thank you :)
Aneela
This was my 2nd Platzi course, but the first one I was able to attend live. At first I felt that Erik was unprepared, and that made me feel a little less special. But ultimately the knowledge shared trumped that feeling and by the end Erik got in to a real groove, embodying what he was teaching by engaging the community, giving us shout outs & answering our questions in real time. The Platzi platform is a clean, inviting platform with a flat design that is pretty intuitive to navigate. Looking forward to more courses!
John Freddy Vega
@ak310i Yeah, once it started, Erik was great. Thank you for your this, Aneela, we're doing our best to create online education that really works.
Alexander Kesselaar
Would love to watch it live, but being in Sydney I may have to settle for the rerun... I haven't even gone to bed yet...
Christian Van Der H.
@alexkess for future classes, what schedule will you prefer for Sydney?
Alexander Kesselaar
@cvander Anything after 9am AEST, but I understand that you obviously can't make everyone happy. Every now and again I don't mind getting up early for these, just not on Saturday mornings...
Irving Torres
Platzi seems like a phenomenal platform. I signed up for this course and was pleasantly surprised to see other great courses appear under 'My Courses' such as the "Y Combinator Startup Class", "Develop web apps in Node.js and Sails.js" course, the "Git and GitLab Live workshop" course, and a few others. I'm all about free knowledge!
Simon Lea
Just signed up, looks good!
Christian Van Der H.
We'll start the stream in 20 minutes. See you all there.
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