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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.”
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”
Rogier: Serena Williams reviewed student video submissions at home for MasterClass
“I'll give you an example with her, for example, I mean, she had people in her class upload clips of them playing and she sat at home, watch it and gave notes to people in, in, In, inside her class.”
Rogier: Every MasterClass course costs a flat rate of $90
“Every class costs the exact same at 90 dollars.”
Rogier: MasterClass has raised at least approximately $50M in capital
“Approximately at least fifty million.”
MasterClass was instantly profitable on a user's first purchase at launch
“It made it so that on the first per, when somebody buys a class, we are able to make money on the first.”
Rogier: James Patterson selected a MasterClass student as his next co-author
“He was so impressed by the students in this class that he actually picked one student to be his next co-author.”
Rogier: 50% to 80% of MasterClass students are first-time online learners
“About half to 80% of our students have never taken an online class before.”
Rogier: MasterClass customers receive lifetime access to purchased courses
“They choose what they want, and they have access forever to it.”