Saturday, April 28, 2018

20 College Alternatives

Words @Product Hunt and @AngelList ✌️

Startups require specialized talent, so a new wave of education providers are growing quickly to fill the skills gap with practical courses for every type of job in tech: engineering, data science, design, product management, and even sales.

1. Treehouse

Portland · 51-200 Employees · Series B
Effective, affordable tech education

2. DataCamp

Leuven & New York City · 51-200 Employees · Series A
The smartest way to learn data science online

3. Lambda School

San Francisco · 11-50 Employees · Seed
A revolutionary new school that invests in you

4. Horizons School of Technology

San Francisco · 11-50 Employees
Building a bridge between traditional education and the real world of technology

5. Coursera

Mountain View · 201-500 Employees · Series C
Universal access to the world's best education

6. Teachable

New York City · 51-200 Employees · Series A
Create and Sell Beautiful Online Courses

7. Khan Academy

Mountain View · 51-200 Employees
A free world-class education for anyone anywhere.

8. Catalyte

Baltimore & Portland · 201-500 Employees

10. General Assembly

New York City & San Francisco · 501-1000 Employees · Series C
Global digital skills training school offering full/part-time and short-form options.

11. Pluralsight

Salt Lake City · 201-500 Employees · Series B
Develop technology skills. Boost your team's productivity. Solve problems faster.

12. Recurse Center

New York City
RC is a radically self-directed educational retreat

13. Thinkful

New York City · 201-500 Employees
Learn 1-on-1 with industry experts.

14. Strive Talent

San Francisco · 1-10 Employees · Seed
Closing the middle skills gap
Open Roles

15. SVAcademy

San Francisco · 1-10 Employees
We prepare tomorrow's tech leaders for today's jobs

16. Always Hired

San Francisco · 1-10 Employees
Tech Sales Training Bootcamp
Open Roles

17. Udemy

San Francisco & Dublin · 201-500 Employees
A global marketplace for teaching and learning online.

18. edX

Cambridge · 51-200 Employees
Increase access to high-quality education for everyone, everywhere

20. Grand Circus

Detroit · 1-10 Employees
Detroit's new home for cutting-edge training in technology, business, and design