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Hey HN! I’m Santiago Maldonado, CEO and Founder of Lernit (https://www.lernit.mx/ https://www.lernit.mx/). Our platform makes it easy for companies in Latin Ame

Hey HN! I’m Santiago Maldonado, CEO and Founder of Lernit (https://www.lernit.mx/ https://www.lernit.mx/). Our platform makes it easy for companies in Latin America (Latam) to train their workforce, even when they are remote. According to studies, 74% of CEOs worldwide are concerned that a lack of essential skills in their employees is threatening the future of their organization. With the increase of remote work comes the challenge of keeping teams aligned and pushing in the same direction. When I graduated from college, the biggest learning platforms were Coursera and Udemy, and it hit me that there is an immense gap between what you learn in an on-demand course and what you do at your job. Usually, these courses were outdated and had no relevance to what employers wanted their employees to learn. So I saw a huge opportunity to create Lernit, where companies could ensure that their employees were learning valuable skills that could be used at their job. We allow companies to develop online courses on the specific skills their employees require for accomplishing organizational goals and personal growth while staying focused on priorities. These priorities are easily visualized and aligned to the company's main objectives through OKRs (Objectives and Key Results for a specific period). Each individual can check in and track progress while receiving feedback and mentoring in a collaborative environment. We offer an all-in-one solution for HR teams where companies can set, align and track goals, evaluate performance, train and develop their workforce and build culture without the trouble of managing different tools at expensive prices. We are eager to help companies reach growth and more than happy to answer any questions you may have about our talent platform, so if you have any or are just curious please leave a comment!

lucyrubio 5y ago
Congrats on the launch! I know first hand how aligment and visibility helps on keeping teams focused, I love using Lernit on a daily basis. Keep it up.
- santmaldonado 5y ago
  Thanks a lot Lucy, happy to hear this !
notsureaboutpg 5y ago
There are a lot of tools like this out there: SuccessFactors, Bridge, etc. And there's always room for more, imo. What are you going to do differently? How are you going to gamify this in a way others don't? I've worked in lots of places and interacted with many software portals that try to do this right. A lot of them falter by not keeping up with the actual current state of information within an organization (especially a rapidly growing one). Many of the courses end up outdated and they're really only useful for onboarding. It's probably because of the time it takes and the friction needed to create a course or update a course. Because of that friction and because it's easier to just post to a Wiki / Slack channel / internal blog / etc. the small updates and changes, these courses sometimes languish. Just questions that come to mind. And congrats on the launch. Wish the best for you!
- santmaldonado 5y ago
  Great question! Currently there’s no solution in LATAM for medium sized companies, and with more companies working remotely the need for tools that will help keep teams aligned and focused on priorities while filling learning gaps is growing as well. The friction needed to create courses for specific skills or roles is the whole reason why Lernit is now a reality, we want to make upskilling available for every role and level, and thanks to our authoring tool that enables companies to create courses in minutes, our marketplace with up to 6 new courses per week and our strategic alliances with great universities that gives our users access to learning programs is that we are able to keep up with a fast evolving market and organizational needs.
- santmaldonado 5y ago
  The best part, everything is included through licensing at an affordable price. Please let us know if you have any additional feedback or questions, we will be happy to hear back from you.
GuillermoLM 5y ago
Great!!! It is a fact Lernit comes to change the way employees develop their own skills and achieve their goals at the company. Really proud to be part of this family!
santiagobasulto 5y ago
Saludos tocayo! Best of luck with Lernit. I think it's a very interesting model. I did a similar startup back in 2019 and sold it to an American company (all from Argentina). If you need any help lemme know, I'm moving to angel/advising now. My only piece of "unsolicited advice" would be: raise prices and focus on value added. Anything that is value added will be difficult to copy and will be your difference with anybody else: community, cohort building, etc. Best of luck!

lucyrubio 5y ago

Congrats on the launch! I know first hand how aligment and visibility helps on keeping teams focused, I love using Lernit on a daily basis. Keep it up.

santmaldonado 5y ago
Thanks a lot Lucy, happy to hear this !

notsureaboutpg 5y ago

There are a lot of tools like this out there: SuccessFactors, Bridge, etc. And there's always room for more, imo. What are you going to do differently? How are you going to gamify this in a way others don't? I've worked in lots of places and interacted with many software portals that try to do this right. A lot of them falter by not keeping up with the actual current state of information within an organization (especially a rapidly growing one). Many of the courses end up outdated and they're really only useful for onboarding. It's probably because of the time it takes and the friction needed to create a course or update a course. Because of that friction and because it's easier to just post to a Wiki / Slack channel / internal blog / etc. the small updates and changes, these courses sometimes languish. Just questions that come to mind. And congrats on the launch. Wish the best for you!

santmaldonado 5y ago
Great question! Currently there’s no solution in LATAM for medium sized companies, and with more companies working remotely the need for tools that will help keep teams aligned and focused on priorities while filling learning gaps is growing as well. The friction needed to create courses for specific skills or roles is the whole reason why Lernit is now a reality, we want to make upskilling available for every role and level, and thanks to our authoring tool that enables companies to create courses in minutes, our marketplace with up to 6 new courses per week and our strategic alliances with great universities that gives our users access to learning programs is that we are able to keep up with a fast evolving market and organizational needs.
santmaldonado 5y ago
The best part, everything is included through licensing at an affordable price. Please let us know if you have any additional feedback or questions, we will be happy to hear back from you.

GuillermoLM 5y ago

Great!!! It is a fact Lernit comes to change the way employees develop their own skills and achieve their goals at the company. Really proud to be part of this family!

santiagobasulto 5y ago

Saludos tocayo! Best of luck with Lernit. I think it's a very interesting model. I did a similar startup back in 2019 and sold it to an American company (all from Argentina). If you need any help lemme know, I'm moving to angel/advising now. My only piece of "unsolicited advice" would be: raise prices and focus on value added. Anything that is value added will be difficult to copy and will be your difference with anybody else: community, cohort building, etc. Best of luck!