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Section
Business e-learning platform
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Education
- Learning
- Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Company mission
To make elite business education more affordable and accessible.
Our take
Section, formerly Section4, is a business management e-learning platform launched by New York University Professor, author and tech entrepreneur Scott Galloway. The company addresses the growing skills gap in the labor market, where workers cannot afford the time or cost of in-depth grad school programs.
Rather than focusing on long-term or full-time education, Section targets professionals who wish to upskill with two to three-week ‘sprint’ courses, taught by eminent professors. Since its launch, the company has delivered courses to over 20,000 students across the globe.
Although competing with big industry names like Udemy and Masterclass, Section has some interesting standouts in their demographics - with managers, directors, and executives at companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola, and Netflix having all enrolled. In fact, over half of the Fortune 100 is represented in their alumni. The company's niche approach, in an industry that’s set to be worth over $660 billion by 2027, has generated both investment and interest that should help fuel its success into the future.
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Benefits
- Fully remote: We work from home, so we'll see you on Zoom - no need to do the dishes first
- Tuition matching: We'll match $500 annually towards education (and if you want more, just ask)
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage: for you and your family
- Flexible PTO: We offer flexible PTO and 13 company-wide holidays - no checking Slack while you're out
- Equity options: Our team members are stakeholders in our company and our vision
Company values
- We put students first: Students come to us for education, but leave talking about the experience. We hold ourselves to these standards and put the student at the center of every decision we make
- We get to V1 fast: We diagnose problems or opportunities fast, take ownership, and then move quickly to the next step. We make progress by winning (and failing) fast
- We experiment relentlessly: Startups are a series of small experiments inside one giant experiment. We're always thinking about new ways to improve every aspect of our business
- We work high-low: We set strategy at 10,000 feet (high), and then zoom into 10 feet to execute (low)
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2021
$30m
SERIES A
Dec 2018
$7m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $37m
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Leadership
Scott Galloway
(Founder)Founder of various businesses, including Prophet Brand Strategy, Red Envelope, Firebrand Partners and L2. They have also sat as the Director of multiple Boards, namely: Gateway Computer; Eddie Bauer; and The New York Times. Currently, Clinical Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business, which they have been doing since 2002.