Friday, November 11, 2011

A Visit to Course Horse



The ideas are available, but it is a rare person who thinks about it. Course Horse is a good example of that, especially the co-founder of Course Horse, Nihal Parthasarathi, and his team. They worked hard to come up with the idea of their company. What is the main idea? The main idea is based on building a huge database for classes in many majors, and all of the classes must be in New York City. The database is on a website, and there are no certificate courses, so the whole website is designed to provide an idea about the classes that are available. 

        Nihal says that there is no real difficulty in taking many classes, but there are problems in finding what people want. For example, there are no classes in photography, and the next plan is to make them available. One of the ways to find out which classes are easily uploaded to the website is to visit colleges and schools and discuss with students the ways that can make people find out about programs and classes.

Don’t be surprised that when you listen to Nihal, you like the project. The reason is that he won a competition at NYU based on his presentation skills. He was presenting his project in a smooth way, starting from why and ending up with how his project improves things. After I met Nihal, I decided it would be easy to start an online business, where the cost is less than implementing a physical one. Does it make money? This question was Nihal’s advice to us, when he said, “You have to start to think about your upcoming business, ask yourself some questions, and then start.”

There is nothing difficult. All you have to do is think about what people need. Course Horse fits your time and needs, and it is a great idea because you can find the class that will help you improve your skills, and help you gain knowledge in an easy way.