After diverting from a path toward a PhD and professorship, Jeff Cobb discovered the huge demand for online education. He started a company to teach experts the ins and outs of online courses and discovered his personal definition of making it.

Welcome to Making It! This weekly show explores the lives and stories of entrepreneurs as they share their unique perspectives on their success and the path to making it. 

Jeff Cobb is the founder of Learning Revolution, an online course and education platform that teaches experts how to transform themselves into “edupreneurs.”

“We think we know what our customers want. We think we know what our employees want. We just think we know. And we don’t. And sometimes we need to… shut up. And listen.”

Jeff Cobb

Learning Revolution was founded by Jeff Cobb, an edupreneur with more than two decades of experience in the business of lifelong learning and online education, and author of Leading the Learning Revolution: The Expert’s Guide to Capitalizing on the Exploding Lifelong Education Market. Jeff has helped a long list of organizations maximize the reach, revenue, and impact of their education businesses. He has also helped launch and grow multiple education-focused businesses. Jeff is a vocal advocate of cradle-to-grave lifelong learning, an award-winning teacher, and author of multiple books and research reports.

Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
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Jeff’s website

Credits:
Co-producers: Danny Bermant and Geoff Govertsen
Supervising Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisors: Evan Miles and Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music and SFX credits: 
Track Title: The Sunniest Kids
Artist Name: Rhythm Scott
Writer Name: Scott Roush
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Love and Circumstance
Artist Name: Shimmer
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION