The news roundup comes a day early this week, as we take tomorrow off to celebrate July 4th Have a fun, festive, and safe holiday weekend! The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America The typical narrative about entrepreneurs these days focuses on a young male building an app -- and we wish those startup...
On June 26, all Udemy offices (San Francisco, Ankara, and Dublin) spent a day volunteering locally At Udemy, part of our culture is to give back to our community, particularly around education and youth empowerment We love interacting with our neighbors and helping them reach their goals, so volunteering isn’t a...
Happy Friday and welcome to the latest batch of news that caught our eye this week Have a great weekend! The Rise of the Developer Great data and insights in these survey results from InfoWorld, suggesting life and work are pretty good for most developers these days Their influence is growing beyond the engineering...
Ah, summer… time to kick back, relax, and soak up the sun, right Well, for the current batch of Udemy interns, this is a season for learning about the workplace and soaking up knowledge We are so excited to have these bright, hungry minds in our office for the next ten weeks and look forward to their contributions...
Introducing our 4th of July Twitter contest: If you had the freedom to learn anything you wanted, what would it be Put it in a Tweet and add the hashtag #starsandskills to your submission for the chance to win $100 Udemy course credit! We will be picking winners on July 2, 2015 Terms and Conditions: This contest...
How are people using Udemy on mobile It’s a good question -- and one we need to answer if we’re going to deliver the best possible mobile learning experience We recently got survey responses from more than 2,000 Udemy customers (students as well as some instructors) and were happy to discover most (81%) know...
Welcome to the first edition of a new, recurring feature on the Udemy blog: it’s the Friday News Roundup! While our focus will be primarily on articles with a connection to online learning and teaching, working and hiring, and other industry trends, we’ll also be curating other stories we think will resonate with...
Udemy instructor Thomas Leuthard is a street photographer from Switzerland whose Udemy courses help other aspiring street artists around the world hone their craft He prides himself on sharing his full knowledge with his students and keeping no secrets from them Thomas has seen great financial success through Udemy...
One of my favorite things about working at Udemy is being part of helping people realize dreams for themselves – no matter how big or small those dreams may be We think everyone learning, teaching or training on Udemy is an explorer, and the most important step is the first one Our “people” are the ones out...
The 26th Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is happening this week right by our headquarters in San Francisco This high-profile event always makes headlines and draws a huge crowd It’s the first place to hear (officially, anyway) about exciting Apple product news and updates, which is a big deal if you’re...
We’re announcing some great news today – a $65 million Series D financing round led by Stripes Group, with additional support from Norwest Venture Partners and Insight Venture Partners Udemy is growing fast to meet the demands of the economy and the changing nature of work Today’s jobs require ever-changing...
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