This YouTuber used his channel to launch a teaching platform
The Business of Content with Simon Owens
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How Alex and I Built YC to Help Software Engineers Get Better
The idea that we had was based on the traction of the YouTube channel and the content we were creating. Every month or so, we would have these live events designed for how can we help software engineers get better. And what we found is that literally 700, 800, 900 people would show up live to these events. We don't exactly know the format of video content or a Q&A platform, or it's just more live sessions. But we think that there is appetite to pay for engineers to unlock this really high quality content that will get them promoted faster. That was the idea that we applied to YC with.
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