05. How to Fund an Online Teaching Platform with Founder of Learn Cube
09/11/19 • 34 min
Teaching online can be an empowering experience, and with the newest advances in virtual classroom software, we have entered into a new level of education.
Welcome to Anomalous Educator, where each week award winning entrepreneur Ray Blakney, sets out to explore the world of education and online business with the help of successful professionals.
If you’re an educator, entrepreneur or someone who wants to improve people’s lives whilst having your own freedom, then this podcast is for you.
In this episode, I chat with Alex Asher, the CEO of the award winning virtual classroom software, LearnCube.
Alex has worked extensively with world leading online schools like lingoda.com and babbel.com, but invests most of his energy into growing LearnCube.
He works closely with their partners to generate the best learning, teacher and student experience possible.
Not only is Alex a prolific entrepreneur, keynote and motivational speaker, but he seems to have superhero powers as a runner.
His dedication and drive has led him to run the equivalent of 55 marathons in 63 days, 2300km down the east coast of the North Island to raise money for the charity he chairs, Sustainable Coastlines.
Today, we talk about the benefits of being a solo educator and online tutor, how keeping it simple can be your ticket to success and the best way to find students whilst avoiding some BIG mistakes.
We also talk about:
- How accountability led to a 2300km run
- The differences between individual and partner start-ups
- The benefits of using LearnCube as an educator
- Why being a bit unsophisticated can work in your favour
- The main opportunities for larger scale businesses
- How to figure out your marketing strategy to bring in students
- Finding your niche and why it’s key
- Mistakes every educator should avoid
- Why working with a remote team has its benefits
Links:
Teaching online can be an empowering experience, and with the newest advances in virtual classroom software, we have entered into a new level of education.
Welcome to Anomalous Educator, where each week award winning entrepreneur Ray Blakney, sets out to explore the world of education and online business with the help of successful professionals.
If you’re an educator, entrepreneur or someone who wants to improve people’s lives whilst having your own freedom, then this podcast is for you.
In this episode, I chat with Alex Asher, the CEO of the award winning virtual classroom software, LearnCube.
Alex has worked extensively with world leading online schools like lingoda.com and babbel.com, but invests most of his energy into growing LearnCube.
He works closely with their partners to generate the best learning, teacher and student experience possible.
Not only is Alex a prolific entrepreneur, keynote and motivational speaker, but he seems to have superhero powers as a runner.
His dedication and drive has led him to run the equivalent of 55 marathons in 63 days, 2300km down the east coast of the North Island to raise money for the charity he chairs, Sustainable Coastlines.
Today, we talk about the benefits of being a solo educator and online tutor, how keeping it simple can be your ticket to success and the best way to find students whilst avoiding some BIG mistakes.
We also talk about:
- How accountability led to a 2300km run
- The differences between individual and partner start-ups
- The benefits of using LearnCube as an educator
- Why being a bit unsophisticated can work in your favour
- The main opportunities for larger scale businesses
- How to figure out your marketing strategy to bring in students
- Finding your niche and why it’s key
- Mistakes every educator should avoid
- Why working with a remote team has its benefits
Links:
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04. Earn Money Teaching English Online and See the World
Having the freedom to travel and earn at the same time is the dream for so many people. For one person that dream is a wonderful reality.
Welcome to the Anomalous Educator, where each week award winning entrepreneur Ray Blakney, sets out to explore the world of education and online business with the help of successful online business professionals. If you’re an educator, entrepreneur or someone who wants to improve people’s lives whilst having your own freedom, then this podcast is for you.
In this episode of Anomalous Educator, Ray is joined by Rachel Story, the other half of the husband and wife nomadic duo, Grateful Gypsies. Back in 2009, and fresh out of school with a bachelor’s in music, Rachel intended to join the workforce in Nashville and begin her long awaited music career.
As fate would have it, she became faced with a string of bad luck which shifted her intended path towards Beijing - the starting point for her career as an English teacher. Since 2010, Rachael hasn’t looked back and has been living, traveling and blogging around the world with her husband, Sasha.
Rachel tells Ray the enthralling story of how she became a digital nomad working for the top rated online English language company, VIPKid. She also shares some insight into the teaching application process, and how you can go on to ace the interview.
We also discuss:
- Rachel’s story – how she became an avid traveller
- The dark side to teaching English to kids
- Rachel and Sasha’s golden rules for daily success
- The things you need to know when applying for online English teaching roles
- Rachel talks tech – the hardware you need to teach
- What your options are for legitimate English teaching companies
- The online application process – what to expect
- Why remote student-teacher relationship is so fluid
- What is TEFL and TESL and how you can apply
Links:
Magic Ears: Website
DaDaABC: Website
GoGoKid: Website
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06. Teaching online while blind. You have no excuses.
Welcome to Anomalous Educator, where each week award winning entrepreneur Ray Blakney, sets out to explore the world of education and online business with the help of successful professionals.
If you’re an educator, entrepreneur or someone who wants to improve people’s lives whilst having your own freedom, then this podcast is for you.
Education is a necessary facet of life, all over the world. And with the explosion of online education, it’s now being seen in far-reaching corners of the globe, where access to knowledge and information has been lacking. LiveLingua is one such facilitator in the online field, and in this episode of their podcast, The Anomalous Educator, Ray discusses this with his good friend, online educator Holly Jensen.
They touch on how the online world is merging education and business, and Holly also shares a remarkable fact about herself with our listeners; one that makes her an even bigger inspiration for anyone looking to get into the education space.
Holly and Ray also delve into the following:
- What led Holly into teaching?
- How we can connect with others, even if there’s a language barrier
- The tips she’d give to others who are just starting out in the field
- Pros and cons around 1:1 classes versus group classes
- The benefits of cultivating empathy in a group dynamic
- How to choose a learning style that best suits you, as a student
- Holly’s biggest challenges in teaching online
- Ways to successfully teach someone who has little knowledge around the subject matter
- How teaching can be the perfect way to help people, and how you can decide if it’s right for you
- Holly’s surprising secret - and the challenges that can come with it, as well as how she overcomes them to enormous success
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