The answer is 'probably not'. But we'll get to that. The article is an interview with Bill Sahlman, who authored a HBS case study of Khan Academy (you have to pay for it, because that's how Harvard rolls, but I wouldn't). The discussion is more or less an annotated history of Khan. But it's sort of funny how it works out. It's also the way the company worked out. It began with Sal Khan making simple videos that anyone could access and that became really popular without any marketing, then along the line, someone convinces him he needs to do adaptive content recommendations, and so now it needs marketing and revenue and a business plan, and I guess this is deemed a success. But from where I sit, 'probably not'.
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