E: Learning platform for independent course creators

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• People use Skillshare or Teachable for things like roam-courses
• ​Why are people able to command such a premium for such courses, especially if they are mainly collections of videos?
• Basically just a Youtube playlist with payment/accounts? Why doesn't Youtube offer this?
• Others, like Write of Passage and BASB-course use a custom stack - payment, membership, Zoom, mailing lists etc?
• None of the MOOC providers (Course, EdX, Udacity) want to work with individuals (also not Minerva currently)
• Things people want
  • easy set up, payment, promotion etc
  • white label - not "one more course on X platform", but "awesomecourse.com"
  • hosting video and curriculum (mostly video)
  • mailing lists / discussion forums
  • cohort functionality
• One possibility would be for someone to use OpenEdX to set up a Software-as-a-Service for independent course creators, with payment etc integrated (Stripe?)
  • Authoring courses is a hassle, not sure it's worth it, given the small numbers.
  • Maybe something like Canvas?
• Some of these courses also offer live video (Zoom etc) - what would it look like for Minerva to offer our services? Ideally through a reseller who could offer all of the other functionality, and bundle Forum access and training with payment, discussion forums, promotion, etc...
• Examples:
  • Nat Eliason has made $50,000 on a course on Roam Research which is basically just 20 short videos (95$ fee).
  • Tiago Forte has taught 800 people on his Building a Second Brain course, minimum price is 999$.
  • ​Other examples - how big a market is this, and how many would be interested in Teachables-style courses or a bit more interactive, versus full-on video etc?