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Revolutionizing Language Education with Duolingo
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Duolingo, a language-learning app, was created to provide equal access to education for people of all social classes. The app started as a project where people could help translate popular web pages and has since grown to offer free language education to people all around the world.
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Education is often seen as the key to bringing equality to different social classes, but in reality, it can create further inequality, particularly in poor countries like Guatemala, where wealthy individuals can afford the best education while poorer individuals struggle to learn.
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Education is often seen as the key to bringing equality to different social classes, but in reality, it can create further inequality, particularly in poor countries like Guatemala, where wealthy individuals can afford the best education while poorer individuals struggle to learn. The co-founder of a language learning program wanted to develop a solution to this problem and create equal access to educational opportunities for all people.
ChapterRevolutionizing Language Education with Duolingo
Episode#135: Luis Von Ahn on Learning Languages, Building Companies, and Changing the World
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Duolingo's initial business model was to have users translate articles as a way to practice their newly learned language skills, but they moved away from it when they realized they were becoming more of a translations company than an education one, and the translation business was not profitable because of the low prices charged for translations.
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Summary
Duolingo's initial business model was to have users translate articles as a way to practice their newly learned language skills, but they moved away from it when they realized they were becoming more of a translations company than an education one, and the translation business was not profitable because of the low prices charged for translations.