July 06, 2021

S2 Ep 9 | Wes Kao, Co-Founder @ Maven, on Turning Bugs into Features

33 minutes

Wes Kao is a Co-Founder of Maven, a platform that enables anyone to build a cohort-based course and deliver an incredible student experience at scale. Prior to founding Maven, Wes co-founded the altMBA, where she designed the program’s coaching system, grew the community from zero to 550 cities in 45 countries in three years, and built a team of 40 people. Wes is a thought leader in building cohort-based courses and frequently writes about marketing, online courses, and rigorous thinking on her blog.

In this episode we spoke with Wes about the following:

Choosing to play games you can win by turning features into bugs

The mental load created by the narrow range of motion Asian Americans, women, and other minorities are afforded

Learning to be comfortable taking up space and embracing productive conflict in the workplace

Episode resources:

Wes's Twitter: https://twitter.com/wes_kao

Wes's website: https://www.weskao.com/

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