Udacity
Udacity is democratizing education
With industry giants – Google, AT&T, Facebook, Salesforce, Cloudera, etc. – we offer Nanodegree credentials, designed so professionals can become Web Developers, Data Analysts, or Mobile Developers. Supported by our communities of coaches and students, our students learn programming and data science through a series of online courses and hand-on projects that help them practice and build a convincing portfolio.
Udacity is located in sunny Mountain View, CA.
Founders
Funding
INVESTORS from previous rounds
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Customer Development & Secret History, Teaching at @Stanford University, @university-of-california-berkeley and Columbia
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Senior Vice President Comerica Venture Capital Group | Expanding Comfort Zone Daily | “Prior Life” Sold ATM Start-up, Futures Trader & Pro Hockey
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InvestorPartner Valor Ventures – cross-border with Brazil focus. Previously at Google, Yahoo!, Goldman. Private board experience. BSE Princeton, MBA HBS
Team
EMPLOYEES
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President & Chief Operating Officer
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Director of Marketing, Growth and Demand Generation
Entrepreneur. Product Guy. Currently leading all marketing, growth & demand gen activities for @Udacity
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Operations
Current Operations @Udacity Former Business Development @SoldsieAccount Executive @LoyalBlocks, worked at @LivingSocial, Studied at@Morgan State University
PAST EMPLOYEES
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VP Design
Worked at @Google, @Yahoo • Studied at University of Illinois, Urbana, Champaign, @University of South Carolina
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Program Manager
Technical Product Manager with experience in programming and analytics. Focused on scalable Machine Learning and Data Science
Udacity, a pioneer in online education, is building «University by Silicon Valley», a new type of online university that teaches the actual programming skills that industry employers need today, delivers credentials endorsed by employers, because they built them, and provides education at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional schools.
See Campaign: https://angel.co/udacity?utm_source=trending
Contact Information:
Sebastian Thrun
David Stavens
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Source: ICNW