Allred: Only 50% of people who bought his $100 book downloaded it
Austen Allred · A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School · Y Combinator · Apr 3, 2019 · at 43:38
Austen Allred, CEO and cofounder of Lambda School, explains why passive online educational material and MOOCs struggle with completion rates.
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“50% of the people that bought the book ever downloaded it, even.”
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