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I’m deeply passionate about entrepreneurship. And over the years I’ve been greatly inspired by stuff like Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders, Venture Voice, From Scratch and Mixergy. And I’ve been wowed by the innovation coming out of places like YCombinator, TechStars and BetaWorks. And I’ve been incredibly thankful for the wisdom I’ve gained from reading Venture Hacks, TheFunded and Hacker News.

So we’ve spent a lot of time thinking how we could contribute to what I truly feel is a renaissance period for entrepreneurs. It’s with great pride that I’m excited to announce today the launch of the eduFire Business Channel. We are really fired up about the possibility of bringing world-class entrepreneurs and investors to anyone who is interested in learning from them. We’re launching today with 20+ fantastic people who have graciously agreed to share from their experiences building companies as both operators and investors. And we plan to add many more very soon.

Here’s a sampling of some of the rock stars who will be teaching classes on eduFire in the coming weeks. I can’t wait for their classes.

Sean Ellis – Sean’s track record is growing start-ups in unparalleled. He’s been involved with helping to grow companies like LogMeIn, Eventbrite, Dropbox and Xobni. We’ve been working with Sean since May and I can tell you that he brings a very unique perspective to the startup world.

 
 

Neil Patel – I’d call Neil one of young up-and-comers but I think that would be doing a disservice to him. This guy has already arrived. He’s the co-founder of two kick-ass companies (CrazyEgg and KISSMetrics) and one of the smartest guys I know. His SEO knowledge is incredibly valuable and I’ve personally benefited a ton from my interactions with him.

 
 
Avinash Kaushik – I first learned about Avinash when I read his book Web Analytics: An Hour a Day. He knows his stuff and as a long-time reader of his blog I wonder if there’s anyone out there who actually knows more about web analytics than Avinash. Given how critical web analytics is to almost every business these days this session is one that I think everyone will benefit from (I will be taking copious notes!!).

 
 
Mark Dowds – Mark is the consummate entrepreneur. He’s been a part of helping to start numerous companies and I’m very fired up about what his current company (Brainpark, Inc.) is doing. Mark is also an extremely funny guy so if you like to laugh while you learn you’d be hard-pressed to find someone better for that than Mark. His class promises to be both engaging and enlightening.

 
This is just a start. We have more classes currently posted to the Business Channel now and more to come soon. And if you’re interested, we’d love to have you teach a class too. My dream would be to have thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the world teaching and inspiring millions of people to start a company or make their company even more ass-kicking.

Entrepreneurship is the engine that drives innovation and gives all us awesome stuff that makes our lives better like Google, Twitter, Facebook, ZipCar, Mint.com and Scribd (and thousands of other amazing companies). By helping each other out and teaching each other from our knowledge I truly feel we can change the world. If eduFire could play a small role in that I’d be incredibly happy.

P.S. I’m teaching a series of entrepreneur bootcamp classes and donating all the proceeds to Kiva. Classes will run every Thursday in October at 6 PM PST. I hope you can make it!!