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Luis von Ahn

Duolingo FREE Learning app; Total funding $138.3 mm AND $86+ mm revenue

Duolingo FREE Learning app; Total funding $138.3 mm AND $86+ mm revenue

By anouk tenten on January 31, 2020

Duolingo – how a FREE Learning app; can achieve Total funding $138.3 mm AND have a revenue of $86+ mm. Enterprise name: Duolingo Since: 2009 Owner and CTO: Severin Hacker Duolingo is an American platform that includes a language-learning website and mobile app, as well as a digital language-proficiency assessment exam. The company uses the […]

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Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn

Duolingo’s Luis von Ahn

By scott on September 24, 2018

I’ve been using Duolingo lately in an attempt to learn Japanese. I’ve really been enjoying it – although I do admit to supporting my studies through the app with YouTube videos – and I decided to explore it for this week’s Founder’s Parade. The Learning Technology Venture – Duolingo Duolingo is a not-for-profit (freemium) science-driven […]

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Duolingo

Duolingo

By Craig on October 2, 2016

Founder and CEO of Duolingo: Luis von Ahn Venture Name: Duolingo (Duolingo.com) Duolingo is a free language learning platform that employs a gamified skill tree and adaptive feedback tools to motivate potential “students” to learn a new language.  1  The software teaches languages to anyone with a smartphone or Internet connection.  2  Users gain experience […]

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Luis von Ahn and Duolingo

Luis von Ahn and Duolingo

By Stephen Walsh on May 31, 2016

Luis von Ahn CEO and Co-founder of Duolingo is a free language learning website and app. Its value proposition is that is provides everyone with a fun, effective, world-class language learning experience. To raise money for its ad-free product, Duolingo provides translation services to customers, such as CNN, by leveraging the translation power of the […]

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Luis von Ahn: Entrepreneurial Watch List

Luis von Ahn: Entrepreneurial Watch List

By kdurny on October 4, 2015

Luis von Ahn CEO and Co-founder – Duolingo Duolingo is a  mobile app designed for language learning. Learners, either basic or intermediate level speakers, are provided short 5-20 minute daily lessons. A series of multiple choice, matching, speaking or translations appear as challenges that are awarded points for successful completion. The lessons are recorded in […]

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Luis von Ahn, Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo

Luis von Ahn, Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo

By danielle couture on September 29, 2015

      Luis von Ahn     Co-founder and CEO of Duolingo         Duolingo is a free language learning app which uses the principles of gamification to motivate learners. Since its foundation in 2011 by Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker, Duolingo has known continued success gathering over 50 million users.  Since its […]

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Duolingo – Luis van Ahn

Duolingo – Luis van Ahn

By Kendra Grant on June 5, 2014

As an investor I believe many of the startups using free and freemium models aren’t finding the success they thought they’d find so I wanted to explore Duolingo’s model. Luis van Ahn is Co-Founder and CEO as well as a professor at Carnegie Melon Company – DuoLingo Duolingo is a dual language learning and text translation […]

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28 Sep Posted on Paul Gollash, Founder and CEO of Voxy

Hi Kate, Thanks for your review of Voxy and overview of Paul Gollash. I found Gollash’s venture comparative to Luis von Ahn’s Duolingo's objective – to make learning languages easier and more engaging. The difference between the two being Voxy takes a task-based learning approach, vice Duolingo’s game-based approach. Voxy’s focus is also primarily helping the international market improve their English language skills. It’s clear that Gollash surrounded himself with the right team and experience to accomplish his venture’s objectives, as Voxy’s current client base includes, McGill University, AT&T, Walmart, and Melia Hotels Intl. No doubt these companies have done their due diligence with regard to employee professional development training, which speaks to the quality of Voxy’s product offered. I do agree with your comment and Lori’s concurrence that resilience is important in a venture leader/CEO, however I also hesitate to recommend him as a role model if his own employees don’t see him as such. This could certainly be a minority opinion within his team, however I’d be curious to learn more about his background and the mission behind Voxy before recommending him as a role model for budding entrepreneurs, or before theoretically investing at its seed funding stage back in 2010. There is also no mention of cost of use readily available on the product site that I’ve been able to easily uncover. Call me a skeptic, however I agree with your observation Kate that it’s tricky to track information down online for both his background and Voxy's 'fine print', as I was digging around as well! Nonetheless, you’ve made it work as the profile and venture description were an interesting read! Thanks again for sharing Kate, Reg

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Reg Surette @rsurette

Hi Kate, Thanks for your review of Voxy and overview of Paul Gollash. I found Gollash’s venture comparative to Luis von Ahn’s Duolingo's objective – to make learning languages easier and more engaging. The difference between the two being Voxy takes a task-based learning approach, vice Duolingo’s game-based approach. Voxy’s focus is also primarily helping the international market improve their English language skills. It’s clear that Gollash surrounded himself with the right team and experience to accomplish his venture’s objectives, as Voxy’s current client base includes, McGill University, AT&T, Walmart, and Melia Hotels Intl. No doubt these companies have done their due diligence with regard to employee professional development training, which speaks to the quality of Voxy’s product offered. I do agree with your comment and Lori’s concurrence that resilience is important in a venture leader/CEO, however I also hesitate to recommend him as a role model if his own employees don’t see him as such. This could certainly be a minority opinion within his team, however I’d be curious to learn more about his background and the mission behind Voxy before recommending him as a role model for budding entrepreneurs, or before theoretically investing at its seed funding stage back in 2010. There is also no mention of cost of use readily available on the product site that I’ve been able to easily uncover. Call me a skeptic, however I agree with your observation Kate that it’s tricky to track information down online for both his background and Voxy's 'fine print', as I was digging around as well! Nonetheless, you’ve made it work as the profile and venture description were an interesting read! Thanks again for sharing Kate, Reg

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