Leading Through Learning with MasterClass CEO David Rogier

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On this episode of Redefining HR, I’m joined by David Rogier , founder and CEO at MasterClass . We discuss lessons learned as a founder, how he’s empowering businesses through MasterClass at Work, why education can also be entertaining, and much more.

David became an entrepreneur after a stint in venture capital, where he wasn’t happy. He decided to bet on himself and told his boss he was starting a business — even though he didn’t know what it would be. To his shock, David’s boss promptly offered to invest $500,000.?

Eventually, David leaned into his lifelong love of learning to develop the MasterClass platform, which has more than 180 instructors and classes across a range of subjects.?

“The bar for somebody's attention has risen, and so, whether we like it or not, any L&D content, any educational content, is competing with Tik Tok,” David says. To compete, MasterClass leaned into three key elements: emotion, story, and aesthetics.?

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