MasterClass founder David Rogier reflects on the initial paid marketing spend during the company's first day of operations.
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“Less than a 100,000.”
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Rogier: MasterClass instructors teach out of desire, not for the money
“If the instructors want to earn a lot of money, there are tons of options for them to go do. The instructors are teaching and doing this because they actually want to teach.”
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Investor Michael Dearing gave Rogier $500,000 to find a business idea
“Michael wrote me a check for about half a million bucks and told me to go think of an idea”
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Disclosure
Rogier would instantly reject a $300 million buyout offer for MasterClass
“No way.”
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Rogier: Every MasterClass course costs a flat rate of $90
“Every class costs the exact same at 90 dollars.”
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Disclosure
Rogier: MasterClass has raised at least approximately $50M in capital
“Approximately at least fifty million.”
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