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What is Skillshare?
Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. We believe that everyone has something they want to learn and something they can teach to others. This means our communities are really the greatest universities. Our platform helps make the exchange of knowledge easy, enriching, and fun.
Skillshare Deets
- Founders: Michael Karnjanaprakorn & Malcolm Ong
- HQ: New York, NY
- Birthdate: November 19th, 2010
- Spelling: Skillshare is one word and only the first “s” is capitalized.
- Investors: Union Square Ventures & Spark Capital
Contact
Downloads
- Logos (471KB .zip)
- Badges (754KB .zip)
- Co-founders Photo (558KB .jpg)
- Office Photo (2.2MB .jpg)
- Team Photos (6.1MB .zip)
Articles
New York Times
- Skillshare Raises $3.1 Million to Turn Everyone Into Teachers
August 16th, 2011
TechCrunch
Forbes
- Skillshare: Non-Traditional Education 2.0
January 24th, 2012
- Name You Need To Know: Michael Karnjanaprakorn’s Skillshare
May 4th, 2011
Inc. Magazine
- Social Education Start-up Skillshare Raises $3.1M
August 17th, 2011
GigaOm
- With Skillshare, everyone can be a teacher
August 5th, 2011
Business Insider
- How You Can Legally Make $1,000 In One Night In NYC
August 5th, 2011
Urbandaddy
- If Craigslist Bought and Sold Knowledge
August 1st, 2011
MSN
- Skillshare: A Marketplace for Education
August 9th, 2011
Mashable
- 6 Startups to Watch in 2012
January 8th, 2012
- Online Odd Jobs: How Startups Let You Fund Yourself
December 29th, 2011
- Organize An Offline Class With Skillshare
May 27th, 2011
The Next Web
- Skillshare now gives users skill set badges with its new redesign
November 30th, 2011
- Skillshare lets you learn from anyone
April 7th, 2011
- How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education
May 14th, 2011
TED
- Meet the TED2012 Fellows!
October 25th, 2011
DailyCandy
- Skillshare′s Practical Continuing Education Is A+
April 5th, 2011
