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Online marketplace for in-person classes

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@elishatan [email protected] We help learners find instructors easily. We help instructors to focus on teaching by - Getting them learners - Handling payment - Managing reviews Online marketplace for in-person classes

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@elishatan [email protected]

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@elishatan [email protected]

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@elishatan [email protected] [email protected] ONE HOUR OF SEARCH

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@elishatan [email protected] Find Instructors in 3 Steps Search Book Schedule

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@elishatan [email protected] Teach A Class Effortlessly Marketing Flexibility Management Tools

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Micro-entrepreneurs with full control of how they exchange their time for money. [email protected] Redefining Work

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@elishatan [email protected] Founder Elisha Tan Founder, CEO Growth hacking, Copywriting, UX, Product Design NUS Class of 2010, Psychology. Social media for Chingay 2011.

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[email protected] Timeline Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Jan 2011 Find Co-founder

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@elishatan [email protected] What you’re gonna hear • How to meet programmers and find co- founder • Should you learn programming? What and how should you learn? • How to put together a prototype • My $10, 000 mistake

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@elishatan [email protected] Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Jan 2010 Find Co-founder Things I’ve learned: - Bring something to the table - Understand why you need a co-founder - How to meet programmers

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@elishatan [email protected] What can you bring? • Marketing • Sales • Copywriting • Network • Design • Community

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@elishatan [email protected] Compensate your co-founder • Money • Equity • Network • Knowledge • Chance to really screw things up

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@elishatan [email protected] Bad reasons for recruiting a co-founder • You want free labor • You are not committed • You are insecure

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@elishatan [email protected] How to meet programmers • Join events • Join them online • Ask questions

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@elishatan [email protected] Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Things I’ve learned: - Importance of learning programming - What language to pick Jan 2010 Find Co-founder

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@elishatan [email protected] Should you, or should you not? Should Should not • If you outsource, you can tell if you get cheated. • You can’t hire for a job you don’t know. • You should know your product. • Fix non-tech problems • Test ideas quickly • It will take long for you to be proficient in coding. • Too much time spent

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@elishatan [email protected] You are going to be very confused over what language to learn. Python is so easy to learn! Look at him, he learned Django in 3 weeks! RoR is easy to learn and the syntax is beautiful! Use PHP. Because Facebook uses PHP. AngularJS is powerful and easy to learn.

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@elishatan [email protected] So learn whatever from anyone who’s willing to lend a helping hand.

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@elishatan [email protected] Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Things I’ve learned: - Test a hypothesis - Fake a product Jan 2010 Find Co-founder

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@elishatan [email protected] Before you code... Learn HTML and CSS so that you can fake it till you make it - http://www.w3schools.com/ - http://css-tricks.com/ - http://colorschemedesigner.com/ - Learnemy

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@elishatan [email protected] Design is hard You want to be a great artist... “Good artists copy, great artists steal” - Pablo Picasso

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@elishatan [email protected]

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@elishatan [email protected]

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@elishatan [email protected] Inspect Element is your best friend

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@elishatan [email protected] Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Things I’ve learned: - Prioritise on business value - Know how to control a project Jan 2010 Find Co-founder

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@elishatan [email protected] How I wasted $10, 000 • Spent on features that weren’t important • Early optimisation • Spending on front-end developer, mistaking her as a designer

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@elishatan [email protected] SCRUM

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@elishatan [email protected] How this new knowledge helped • Spent 2 days on the groups feature copying other similar sites • Made $700+ • Spent $400 and 1 week to get it all done by a programmer

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@elishatan [email protected] Jul 2010 Worked for free Jul 2011 Learn programming Sep 2011 Prototype Oct 2011 Project development Apr 2012 Launched Things I’ve learned: - Don’t neglect your beta list - Keep earning - Mentorship Jan 2010 Find Co-founder

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@elishatan [email protected] www.learnemy.com https://angel.co/learnemy