20 College Alternatives

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- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://teamtreehouse.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Portland
- Industries
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Website
- http://www.datacamp.com
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- New York City, London, Leuven
- Industries
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- 4.7Highly ratedBloomTech is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.7 out of 5 stars
- 4.1Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate BloomTech 4.1/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- 4.8Strong LeadershipEmployees rate BloomTech 4.8/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- http://bloomtech.com/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
- Technical Continuing Education
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://joinhorizons.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
- B2C
- Public StagePublicly traded company
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://www.coursera.org
- Employees
- 5000+
- Locations
- London, Mountain View, Toronto, New York, Gurugram
- Industries
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- 4.6Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Teachable 4.6/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- Website
- https://teachable.com/
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- United States
- Industries
- E-Commerce Platforms
Jobs
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- 4.3Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Khan Academy 4.3/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- Website
- http://www.khanacademy.org
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Mountain View, San Leandro
- Industries
- Educational GamesE Learn
Jobs
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
- B2C
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- https://generalassemb.ly/
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Chicago, New York City, San Francisco
- Industries
Jobs
Ruby on Rails EngineerFull-time12 years ago$80k – $110k • 0.01% – 0.02%Remote • New York City1-4 year of exp- B2B
- Public StagePublicly traded company
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://pluralsight.com
- Employees
- 1001-5000
- Locations
- Salt Lake City
- Industries
- B2C
- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Website
- http://www.recurse.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- New York City
- Industries
- B2C
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://www.thinkful.com/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- New York City
- Industries
- Technical Continuing Education
- Website
- http://www.sv.academy
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
Jobs
3 weeks ago$55k – $85kIn office • Salt Lake City15 years of exp3 weeks ago$55k – $85kIn office • Dallas15 years of exp- Website
- http://www.alwayshired.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
- Professionnal Training,Schools
- B2C
- B2B
- Public StagePublicly traded company
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- http://www.udemy.com/
- Employees
- 5000+
- Industries
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Valuation $500M+This company has a valuation of $500M or more
- Website
- http://edx.org
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- Cambridge
- Industries
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://www.makeschool.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- San Francisco
- Industries
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://grandcircus.co
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- Detroit
- Industries

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