dis•co Latin def’n: Learn
Disco is the operating system for a new breed of virtual academy and digitally-native bootcamp
Candice is a serial tech entrepreneur who has a passion for learning and community. Before launching Disco, Candice scaled Wattpad to 80 MM users, making it the world’s largest platform for creators to share their stories (sold in Jan 21, for US $660MM). She is a frequent speaker on the future of learning, an early pioneer in cohort based courses, and creator of Gamechanger.co, a live learning community of 3000+ innovators. Candice is a venture partner for Lobby Capital, and a Board Member of Coveo, an enterprise AI SAAS platform valued at over $1B. She is from South Africa, lives in Toronto with her husband, two boys and puppy.
Chris has a passion for building world class platforms that power entrepreneurship from anywhere on the planet. Chris is a 6x serial entrepreneur having founded other venture-backed startups such as Chango (acquired in 2015). Chris is a Canadian who lives in Costa Rica with his 4 kids. He’s an avid surfer and passionate about sustainability and entrepreneurship.
We are a remote first team, bringing together the best and brightest humans who have a shared purpose to reimagine learning and help a new breed of virtual academy build live learning empires. If our values align with yours, join us!
Choose the simplest path (not the easiest path) Most decisions are reversible. It’s better to be faster to insight than take too long to launch to get feedback.
Help creators make a sustainable living doing what they love.
+ Have a deep empathy for the creative process, creator journey and entrepreneurship
= Reimagine the future of learning
We are here to not just play the game, we are here to Win the Game.
To win, we need to be differentiated and have a clear value proposition.
Winning requires us to bring our A-Game to all that we do.
We succeed if the business succeeds.
When faced with a choice, choose what is in the best service of the business for the long term, even if it is sometimes harder and not in our personal interest in the short term.
We value a growth mindset and lifelong learning.
Learn by doing: test, iterate, feedback, learn.
Value pursuit of excellence and high performance not burnout.
We want not only our intention but our impact to be net positive in the world.
Build a culture that is conscious of our impact on others and intentional in our design and actions.
Build a company that is diverse and inclusive to all.
Enjoy the freedom that comes with remote work and do your best work anywhere in the world.
Have fun by making this place the best place to work and contribute to our culture.
Be present: the joy is in the journey!
Wattpad, a platform for nearly 100MM users, pioneered social and serial storytelling - a format both creators and readers love. Disco is pioneering social and serial learning - a format both creators and learners want - making learning fun, and highly engaging. Candice and Chris also understand how important creator monetization is, we learned this at Wattpad.
Disco realizes that live learning is the future and creators and organizations of all sizes need a Shopify-like platform to run their live learning business. We are excited to back this all-star team pioneering the future of live learning.
Disco reminds me a lot of what we did in commerce. We empowered entrepreneurs to go direct to customers and disrupt traditional retail, just like Disco is enabling creators to disrupt traditional education.
The team is mission driven: helping creators be entrepreneurs with the ability to own their brand, customers and revenue.
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