Prediction Didn’t hold up AI assessment confidence: 95% certainty 3/5 debate potential 2/5

Skonnard expects Pluralsight's enterprise pricing to hold while individual pricing drops

Aaron Skonnard · The Role of Data in Pluralsight's Technology Learning Platform // Aaron Skonnard, Pluralsight · Feb 21, 2016 · at 30:49

Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight, discusses product pricing models and democratizing learning at Data Driven NYC in 2016.

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“And so over time, I would see the enterprise price point staying where it's at, and the individual price point coming way down.”

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