046: How Chris Cummings built an audience of 12 million people/month teaching people Spanish

Chris Cummings is the founder and CEO of Curiosity Media, a leader in online language education. Curiosity Media’s flagship property, SpanishDict.com, is the world’s largest Spanish reference and learning website, helping millions of people improve their Spanish every month.

Prior to Curiosity Media, Chris worked as a management consultant with Bain and Company and The Bridgespan Group. Chris also architected the online student data platform used by the nonprofit, The Achievement Network, to help hundreds of schools analyze and act on student data.

Chris received a MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, and a JD, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Emory University.

What you'll learn

• How he built Spanishdict.com into a very successful venture that attracts 12 million people/month
• Why providing more value than the alternatives is the key to success in business
• What he learned from his business failures
• His secrets to his success
• The growing popularity of Spanish language in the US

Resources & Links

•  http://www.spanishdict.com/
• Fluencia
• #IloveSpanish scholarship 
• [e-mail]

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