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  • Food For Thought: Book Recommendations From Udemy Instructors

    Got summer vacation coming up and looking for a book or two to bring poolside Maybe you could use a good read for some extra inspiration and motivation Udemy instructors are always a great source of ideas, knowledge, and encouragement, so we asked them to share a book that’s had a significant impact on their...

  • August 11, 2017: Friday News Roundup

    Ready to wrap up the week Check out the news before you do Sheryl Sandberg: Develop Your Voice, Not Your Brand Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has established herself as one of Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders, but it wasn’t easy getting her first break She shares advice for planning your career,...

  • August 4, 2017: Friday News Roundup

    We flipped the calendar this week, but it’s still hard to believe it’s already August! Today’s roundup features advice for unplugging during vacation and softening the sting when you return to work, a look at unexpected career switches, and news about a seriously successful Udemy instructor What to Do Before...

  • July 28, 2017: Friday News Roundup

    We take it as a good omen that Udemy LIVE weekend is dawning with a thick cover of San Francisco fog In just a few hours, we’ll welcome instructors from around the world to our office, and the real fun will begin In the meantime, let’s see what’s happening in the world of work, skills, and personal...

  • Second Annual Udemy LIVE Begins Tomorrow!

    There’s an electricity in the air that can only mean one thing: Udemy LIVE! Our second annual instructor event kicks off July 28 and runs through the weekend here in San Francisco As we learned at our inaugural Udemy LIVE, nothing can match the experience of bringing this group together in person Many (if not...

  • Udemy as a Business, Part 4: Colt Steele

    Hope you’ve been enjoying our series of interviews with Udemy instructors who’ve parlayed their on-platform success into off-line business opportunities To wrap things up, we’ve got Colt Steele sharing his experience and advice To date, more than 134,000 students have enrolled in Colt’s courses (the number...

  • Start Learning iOS 11 Now: Udemy Offers Freshest Courses in 10+ Languages

    It’s that time of year again: a new Apple operating system has been released to the world! Interest in iOS courses has been growing steadily on Udemy in recent years, so this is a big event for us We’ve been working hard with our top development instructors to ensure students at all levels can access the...

  • July 21, 2017: Friday News Roundup

    Welcome to the weekend (almost)! We’re counting down the days until Udemy LIVE, now just a week away, but we’re still keeping an eye on the news Forgot Where You Parked Good This column explores the role forgetting plays in our ability to learn over the longer term While it can feel frustrating not to recall a...

  • Udemy as a Business, Part 3: Mark Price

    Welcome to part 3 of our series on Udemy as a business Next up, we hear from Mark Price, another super-successful Udemy pro (15 published courses; more than 120,000 students) who has translated his online success into a successful business Mark is one of the popular instructors who’s already put together an iOS 11...

  • July 14, 2017: Friday News Roundup

    What’s happening in the world Disappointment if you’re into brain games, advice for whipping your workday into shape, the high school graduation of a Nobel laureate, and an unexpected threat to jobs in one American state Brain-training games don’t really train brains, a new study suggests Sorry, folks, doing...

  • Meet Udemy’s 2017 Interns, Part 3

    This is the final installment of our series introducing Udemy's summer interns, and we're going international to wrap things up That means showcasing the Dublin and Ankara offices Again, big thanks to corporate marketing intern Maggie Troedson for doing all the legwork to help us get to know the Udemy intern class of...

  • Career Experts from The Muse Launch Course to Set Udemy Students Up For Success

    We are really excited to share this news! The first course from the career experts at The Muse is up and running, and it’s one that many Udemy students are going to want to enroll in pronto To tell you more about it, we did an email Q&A with Kathryn Minshew, co-founder and CEO of The Muse Tell us a little bit...