Excellent handbook written by a truly world-class team.
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @IamSINGLE 11 Feb
Yep, it's excellent. I've attempted to learn spanish there for a while.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 18h
If you want to practice Spanish, I can give you a conversation class.
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30 sats \ 21 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Feb
I've always liked Duolingo. My daughter uses their app for little kids.
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147 sats \ 20 replies \ @kr OP 10 Feb
Nice, they’re a super under-appreciated company. Luis is also a world-class innovator, I believe he invented captchas and was a pioneer in internet crowdfunding.
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75 sats \ 19 replies \ @south_korea_ln 10 Feb
Under appreciated?
Those were the words from a friend who works in the marketing field. Everyone looks up to Duolingo he said.
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161 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 10 Feb
maybe not under-appreciated as an education company, but under-appreciated as a company in general
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73 sats \ 17 replies \ @kr OP 10 Feb
Yeah I think most people still think of them as a gimmick. I think they’re going to be a $1T company one day.
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40 sats \ 4 replies \ @south_korea_ln 10 Feb
I'm with you on that one. They are for sure not a gimmick.
I got my "severance" package a few years back when they moved away from the community based approach to source their courses. Now they hire linguists to make the courses. It's gotten very professional.
Still wearing the hoodie they gave me as a thank you for my efforts~~
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 10 Feb
Wow, they sourced a course from you before? On physics, or korean language?
A Duolingo contributor hoodie sounds sweet, I'd definitely show that off if I had one.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 10 Feb
Nice, didn’t know about their early course sourcing efforts
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30 sats \ 9 replies \ @elvismercury 10 Feb
Whoa - 1t based on what exactly?
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27 sats \ 6 replies \ @kr OP 10 Feb
The size of the education market being dramatically underestimated because historically it was paid for via our taxes.
Americans spend $10k+/student/year for pretty bad education outcomes.
What do Americans spend on Apple products? $1k/year?
How much revenue do Americans generate for FB/Google? Probably a combined $600-$800/year
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Feb
Presumably not just our long-term expectations for the dollar.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 10 Feb
Imagine if you could take over all of education....
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 11 Feb
Hmmm I started using advanced voice to interactively teach me spanish and I haven't gone back to duo-lingo since... I think an advanced voice wrapper would be much more effective.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 10 Feb
How? Where will the revenue come from? People barely pay for the app. Unless they start getting more users to spend on their products I have a hard time seeing this company get to a $1T market cap.
But it is on my watch list. Flawless balance sheet and projected to grow at a decent clip.
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74 sats \ 0 replies \ @Butterfinger 10 Feb
if duolingo was foss it would be amazing
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @anon 11 Feb
Elevator pitch for an adjacent space:
"Are you tired of language exchange apps that don't really motivate people to help you? Imagine HelloTalk, but with real incentives. Our app lets you connect with native speakers for voice and video chats, just like HelloTalk. But instead of sending virtual gifts, you can send real value – micro-payments of Bitcoin – directly to the people who help you the most with your language learning. Think of it as 'Zapping' someone for a great lesson or a helpful correction. It's a fun, effective way to learn and reward genuine connection. Ready to level up your language skills and support others along the way?”
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 15h
Finally gave it full read. The culture is strong but as one stacker said if they were truly about pushing free education and not concerned with becoming evil and only driven by making profits why not make their code open source?
From a value investor standpoint trading at a 200+ PE with projected 30% growth the stock is still massively overpriced. In my opinion. It is up +20% year to date because its Price to Sales ratio looks fantastic compared to the rest of the sector so it’s catching a bid. If they fall flat on growth projections this stock price will fall like a rock.
Sure this could be the Amazon of learning but the education space is massive. I love Duolingo I pay for it and use the app every day but that is because I’m motivated to learn but with so many free resources on YouTube and the across the web the road to massive revenue has significant headwinds. Amazon was blazing a trail for every e-commerce which the market and value investors missed. Maybe Duolingo can pull off being a strong brand synonymous with education.
I hope I am wrong because I like the app and this team sounds amazing but I do question this not to be evil goal and the overall path to increase revenues.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 11 Feb
Maybe it's time to study up on the Korean, tried Duolingo a couple of times......no complaints
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