Why Cohort Based Courses Are The Future of The Knowledge Economy w/ Wes Kao | Maven

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Today's guest is Wes Kao, the Co-Founder of Maven. It's a platform that hosts cohort-based courses from some of the world's greatest business experts including Anthony Pompliano, Shaan Puri, and Li Jin. Wes co-founded Maven with Gagan Biyani who also founded Udemy and they've already raised $25m in just a year.
Wes previously co-founded the AltMBA with Seth Godin and helped other huge creators such as Tiago Forte, David Perrell, and Scott Galloway. She's one of the world's foremost experts on how to build a compelling cohort-based course and why it's the future of the knowledge economy.

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Website: https://maven.com/
Wes's Website: https://www.weskao.com/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Starting as early as high school (1:47)

A phenomenal experience (5:23)

Taking the initiative (10:08)

Making every line count (14:14)

Talking about distribution and kicking it off with a bang (17:00)

How do you derisk? (22:08)

Credibility and experience (25:14)

The relaunch (29:33)

The discovery piece (31:31)

Talking about an audience (33:53)

Big ambitions (36:41)

The aliveness of working with Maven (39:48)