Khan Academy: Sal Khan

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Guy Raz | Wondery

Business

4.7 • 31.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

In 2009, Sal Khan walked away from a high-paying job to start a business that had no way of making money. His idea to launch a non-profit teaching platform was ignited five years earlier, when he was helping his young cousins do math homework over the computer. They loved his clear explanations and soon he was posting free tutorials on Youtube, where they started to attract the attention of thousands of users around the world. Sal realized he could help democratize learning by building a free platform to teach math, science, and the humanities. Today, Khan Academy offers hundreds of free recorded tutorials in dozens of languages. During the pandemic, its popularity has surged to 30 million users a month.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to how I built this early and ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:07.0	Download the app today.
0:09.0	New Year's is here, and with it brings the possibility of change.
0:13.0	As one behavioral scientist put it, first starts are really powerful.
0:17.0	So as you head into 2023, LifeKit is a great resource to help you plan your life and tackle changes, both big and small.
0:24.0	Listen to the LifeKit podcast from NPR.
0:27.0	Hey, it's Guy here. Have you ever thought about starting a business?
0:31.0	And if so, what would it be?
0:33.0	How do you come up with an idea? How do you find the money to start?
0:37.0	How do you get the word out about your product or service?
0:40.0	What do you do if your idea isn't working? And how do you pivot?
0:44.0	Well, to answer those questions, I've written a book.
0:47.0	It's called What Else? How I Built This?
0:50.0	And it's full of inspiring stories from some of the greatest entrepreneurs in the world
0:55.0	who've been through the trenches made big mistakes and lived to tell the tale.
1:00.0	If you're looking to start something or just want to be inspired by those who've built incredible things,
1:05.0	pick up How I Built This Now, wherever you buy your books or by visiting gyros.com.
1:15.0	It was incredibly stressful. And we were digging into our savings about $5,000-$6,000 a month.
1:21.0	And my male ego was trying to shelter my family from it.
1:25.0	So I was putting on a strong face to my friends and family.
1:28.0	And you could imagine my mother who, you know, when I told her I'd quit my job,
1:32.0	her first word was What?
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