In this talk, I share about how I've started Learnemy as a non-technical person and tested the key product features without much coding done. I gave this talk at Lean Startup Circle meetup group (Aug 2013) and again at Singapore Makers Meetup (Sep 2013).

1. How I Started
@learnemy

2. About me
I'm Elisha Tan, founder of Learnemy. Learnemy is an
online marketplace where you can take classes by
trusted instructors with a passion and real world
knowledge of the subject.
I help people make a living teaching what they are
passionate about.

5. Lean starts when you
stop looking at what you don't have
and
start looking at what you have.

6. Jul 2011
Learn
programming
Sep 2011
Prototype
Jan 2010
Find Co-founder

7. You are going to be very confused
over what language to learn.
Python is so easy to
learn! Look at him,
he learned Django in
3 weeks!
RoR is easy to learn
and the syntax is
beautiful!
Use PHP. Because
Facebook uses
PHP.
AngularJS is
powerful and easy to
learn.

8. So learn whatever from anyone who’s
willing to lend a helping hand.

11. Technology used:
1. HTML/CSS
2. Wufoo form
3. Phone
4. Email
Results: 60 learners, 180 instructors

12. Lean starts when you
stop looking at what you don't have
and
start looking at what you have.

13. Oct 2012
Ghetto version
Apr 2013
Free app
Sep 2012
Need revenue

16. Technology used:
1. Rails g scaffold
2. Emails
3. Mailchimp
Results: Made $700, paid developer $300

17. Lean starts when you
stop looking at what you don't have
and
start looking at what you have.

18. What do you have?

19. Thank you!
@elishatan
www.Learnemy.com