Video summary
This year marks a significant milestone for 42courses as they celebrate their tenth anniversary, reflecting on the journey from an ambitious dream launched just before Web Summit ten years ago to becoming a leading platform in practical and enjoyable education. The founders recall the early days vividly, remembering late nights coding with their team to ensure the website was ready for launch, driven by a vision of teaching real-world skills through experts who practice what they preach daily. Over the decade, they have been fortunate to collaborate with an impressive roster of influential figures such as Rory Sutherland, Benedict Evans, and Dan Ariely, expressing deep gratitude not only for their support but also for the opportunity to create courses that help students achieve tangible life changes, including finding new careers or even love.
To honor this decade of growth, 42courses has completely redesigned its website with a fresh look and improved user experience aimed at making navigation more intuitive. The platform now features clearly separated categories for easier browsing, an updated settings panel for managing newsletters, and interactive tools that bring course lessons to life through practical applications like brief writing assistants and problem-solving engines. Additionally, the company is expanding beyond traditional video content by launching a community hub where users can book direct consultation slots with experts and participate in new workshops focused on emerging topics like artificial intelligence, continuing their tradition of hands-on learning sessions they originally ran before starting the business.
The centerpiece of this anniversary celebration is an exclusive offer available on a first-come, first-served basis for the next ten people who respond to their email: a lifetime subscription package at 42% off the regular price. This special deal grants access to all current and future courses, full community membership, and team training resources for approximately one thousand pounds, representing what they describe as the best deal in their history. The founders emphasize that this gesture is not just about sales but about expressing profound appreciation for their incredible customers who have helped them grow over ten years of learning together.
Ultimately, the video serves as both a heartfelt thank you and an invitation to continue the journey of practical education with 42courses into another decade. By combining technological upgrades like AI workshops and interactive tools with deeply personal stories of student success, the company reinforces its commitment to making learning accessible, enjoyable, and directly applicable to real-life challenges. As they wish their audience well wherever they are in the world, the message is clear that this anniversary is a celebration of shared growth, gratitude, and the enduring power of practical knowledge to transform lives for years to come.
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Hello, hello.
This year we celebrate our 10-year
anniversary. It's kind of nuts. I still
remember about 10 years ago being up at
sort of 4:00 in the morning with our our
team desperately trying to finish off
coding the website in order to launch it
Web Summit the next day and 10 years
later here we are.
It started with a dream really. I I I
just wanted to make learning that was
incredibly practical and incredibly
enjoyable and taught by people who do
the job day in day out. And I remember
Rory Sutherland was was our first
supporter. He's been incredibly kind to
us over the years and
but we've got to work with so many
incredible people as well. People like
Josie Paul and Benedict Evans and Cindy
Gallop and Vicky Ross and Steve Harrison
and Dan Ariely. I mean, the list goes
on. A lot of these people I never
thought I would be able to talk with
alone interview and make a course with.
So, I am forever grateful to them and
I'm forever grateful to you as well.
Uh we we get emails almost every day
saying thank you and sharing how they've
helped you find new jobs, helped in your
career.
Uh one person even said that it it it
helped them find their partner and get
married. I mean, we actually got an
invite to a wedding, which is just
mind-boggling. As a celebration, we've
redesigned our entire website. I thought
I'd just show you a little bit about
some of the new features. You'll notice
there's a bit of a of a new look and
feel. Uh we've separated all of the
courses into separate easy-to-use
categories just to make browsing a
little bit more straightforward for you
and updated all of those pages as well.
When you log in, you'll also see that
things are a little bit different here
as well. Your settings panel has moved
over here. You can easily subscribe and
unsubscribe from newsletters and emails.
We've also added a whole host of other
features that we we've actually started
doing workshops. So particularly around
AI, we've been doing lots of different
AI workshops together with with some
friends of mine. It's actually we used
to run workshops before we started a
learning company. So we started doing
those. If anyone wants workshops, let us
know.
We've updated team training as well.
That's been a continued part that that
seems to grow from our side. So again,
if anyone is interested in anything like
that, let me know.
And then we've also launched a community
hub. And so this is something new but we
we've we've added in a way to be able to
book a slot with us so you can actually
chat with us and we'll help you through
a problem directly. We've also created a
whole load of tools that take some of
the key lessons that we teach in the
courses and bring them to life by making
them an interactive tool set. So for
example, there's one here that enables
you to write a really brilliant brief
and it kind of crit crits your brief uh
so make sure you do it right. There's
some quite finders, there's
problem-solving ideas engines and all
sorts of stuff. So please do do go and
check that out and leave us a message as
well. It's it's something very new. The
other thing that we're doing to
celebrate our our 10 years is we thought
that we would first come first serve.
We've reduced the price by 42% of 10 of
our lifetime subscription packages. So
for around 1,000 pounds, the first 10
people who reply to this email, we'll
give you a lifetime subscription to all
the courses, everything, access to the
community, everything, everything for
life including any courses that we
release in the future as well. Thank you
so so much again for being so
incredible. We feel so lucky to have
customers like you and it really means
the world to us. So I hope wherever you
are, you're having the most incredible
day. This finds you well and healthy and
happy.
And cheers to you and cheers to another
10 years of incredible learning. Thank
you so so much.