Maven Course Accelerator
Maven Course Accelerator
9.2
(428 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Get proven templates, guidance, and feedback to turn your hard-earned knowledge into a premium course.
Hosted by
Wes Kao (Cofounder of Maven) and Rachel Cai (Marketing lead)
Advised thousands of creators & experts on building top-selling courses
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Course overview
Make an impact teaching what you love
Not enough operators with real-world experience teach online. Many are too busy being heads-down within their organizations.
But the next generation of leaders wants to learn from you. Join Maven to turn your hard-earned knowledge into a transformative online course.
Over 15,000 students have taken Maven courses, and instructors have earned $14m to date. On average, instructors earn ~$20,000 per cohort.
Who teaches on Maven:
01
Operators & Leaders
with a track record at successful companies with a history of achieving results and coaching others
02
Subject Matter Experts
who have hard-earned knowledge and frameworks to share with the next generation of leaders
03
Consultants/Coaches
who are bored of repetitive client projects and ready to scale their expertise with a highly-leveraged course
Why teach on Maven?
Learn from the best
Maven coined the concept of cohort-based courses and has helped new instructors earn millions in revenue.
Pay it forward
Your hard-earned knowledge can help others a few steps behind you succeed and move up in their companies.
Expand your influence over time
Your course can evolve into a vibrant community that builds your credibility and increases your impact.
Stay on track with accountability
Maven teaches easy-to-follow frameworks, models, and exercises to help you ship your course in just two weeks and iterate as you grow.
Interact with passionate learners
Students on Maven are smart, accomplished, and dedicated to up-skilling themselves. Your experience teaching will help you sharpen your own ideas.
Gain notoriety for your knowledge
Experts from top companies and the fastest-growing startups teach on Maven.
Schedule of live workshops
All sessions are recorded
Orientation
Tuesday, May 30 @ 11 - 12pm PT
- What to expect in the instructor journey
- How to figure out what to teach
- Get onboarded to Maven
Workshop 1: Positioning
Thursday, June 1 @ 10 - 12pm PT
- Course-market fit so you build the right thing for the right audience
- Narrow your topic, define your ideal student
- Articulate your spiky point of view
- Determine the price & length
- Project: Ship a course interest survey
Workshop 2: Course Marketing
Tuesday, June 6 @ 10 - 12pm PT
- How to survey your audience and validate your topic
- Highest conversion sales tactics like personal email, 1:1s, and free workshops
- Activate your personal network to get referrals & testimonials
- Framework to write effective sales emails
Workshop 3: How to Create an Engaging Lesson
Thursday, June 8 @ 10 - 11am PT
- Write effective learning objectives
- Develop engaging projects to help your students apply their learning
- Create an engaging, interactive lesson using the I do-we do-you do framework
Demo Day, Landing Page Teardown, & Graduation
Tuesday, June 13 @ 10 - 11:30 pm PT
- Get a live critique of your landing pages
- Implement copywriting and positioning advice
- Demo your landing page and get peer feedback.
- Celebrate everything you've accomplished in a lively graduation ceremony
Self-paced videos & projects
Get access to a library of our best content on building & selling CBCs. We'll hold you accountable to ship your content with weekly projects. This program focuses more on doing and less on lecture.
Get started for free on Maven's all-in-one platform
Integrated marketing tools to convert students
Build a beautiful landing page, optimized for cohort-based courses and integrated with Stripe. You can send automated drip campaigns and personalized emails for every stage of the funnel.
Simplify course operations
No more disparate forms, spreadsheets, and email. With Maven, you can easily admit students, automatically send calendar invites, and host your course content.
Engage your community
Get access to Maven's community so students have a one-stop-shop to find all their course content and connect with their cohort.
Instructor-friendly pricing & terms
When you start earning on Maven, you keep 90% of your course revenue minus Stripe transaction fees. We only make money when you do. Plus, you own your content and intellectual property.
9.2
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Meet your instructors
Wes Kao (Cofounder of Maven)
Co-founder of Maven and the altMBA
Wes is co-founder of Maven. Previously, she was the co-founder of the altMBA with Seth Godin, growing the altMBA to thousands of alumni in 550 cities in 45 countries and creating the cohort-based course category. She has built courses for Professor Galloway (Section4), David Perell, Tiago Forte, Outlier.org (by the co-founder of Masterclass), Morning Brew, and more.
Rachel Cai (Marketing lead)
Marketing lead at Maven, ex-Google for Education
Rachel is a marketing lead at Maven and co-created the Maven Course Accelerator with Wes Kao. Her mission is to help highly credible operators turn their expertise into impactful, interactive courses. Previously, she led programs and partnerships at Google for Education for 5 years, launching a global coaching certification to thousands of teachers and a partnership program to 300+ edtechs.
Build alongside a curated group of operators & experts
Active, hands-on learning
Every workshop is designed to help you put your learning into practice and ship your course pilot.
Learn with a cohort of peers
You’ll build and learn alongside a cohort of top operators and experts. Our alumni include:
- Arielle Jackson (Marketer in Residence at First Round)
- Andy Gupta (ex-Goldman Sachs)
- Marily Nika (AI Product Lead at Meta)
- Amanda Natividad (VP Marketing at Sparktoro)
- Dave Kline (former Head of Recruiting at Bridgewater)
Accountability through community
Access to peer feedback and expert staff to keep you accountable and help you get unstuck.
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