Gagan Biyani | Disrupting Education with Udemy and Maven

The Founder Hour

Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 206

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Gagan Biyani is the co-founder and CEO of Maven, an online platform where top creators teach cohort-based courses. Prior to Maven, Gagan founded Sprig, a food delivery startup, and also co-founded Udemy, the world’s largest marketplace for teaching and learning with over 155,000 courses and 40 million students worldwide.

We spoke with Gagan all about his upbringing, his early career and founding Udemy, why he ended up getting fired from the company, his thoughts on the higher education system in America, why he started Maven and what he hopes to accomplish, and much more.

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