This is an episode of The Pomp Podcast with host Anthony „Pomp” Pompliano and guest, Gagan Biyani. He is the co-founder and CEO of Maven, a new platform for cohort-based courses. He was a co-founder of Udemy, a large online education company, and was co-founder and CEO of Sprig, a food delivery company.
In this conversation, we discuss online education, cohort-based courses, building a startup, importance of focus, scaling platforms, Bitcoin & Crypto course, and what students want from online education.
Pomp writes a daily letter to over 140,000 investors about business, technology, and finance. He breaks down complex topics into easy to understand language while sharing opinions on various aspects of each industry. You can subscribe at https://pomp.substack.com/
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Intro
00:13 – The online education industry
02:23 – Why people avoided investing in online education
05:09 – Cohort based courses
07:39 – Starting a company
12:43 – Knowing what to focus on
17:19 – The community aspect of online courses
21:31 – Scaling the platform
30:16 – The future of Maven
32:31 – The most surprising thing so far
34:33 – Most important book
35:56 – Sleep habits
37:13 – Aliens
38:12 – Question for Pomp