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How MasterClass Built a Celebrity Lecture Empire
In this episode of Startup Stories with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna break down how MasterClass transformed the online education market by selling access to celebrity expertise. They trace the company's founding insight—that people pay for aspiration, not instruction—and unpack the unit economics of a $180 annual subscription that relies on A-list talent like Gordon Ramsay and Serena Williams. The conversation covers the early bet on high production value, the controversy around efficacy versus entertainment, and the strategic pivot to corporate learning and bundling. Lucas reveals how…
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