Show IH: Teaching private lessons made easy and effective.
Hello, fellow Indie Hackers! 👋 I'm super excited to share the latest iteration of my project, Graam. It's really a solution that stemmed out of my own personal frustration when learning new things. 🤓
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/lessons-by-graam
😭 Problem:
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It can be pretty hard to find more experienced people to guide you when you're trying to learn something new. Online resources are great but having a mentor can REALLY help at times.
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If you're a creator/experienced person there isn't really an easy way to start teaching your skills to people in your community & potentially generate extra income.
In my own case: People always told me to get a mentor but being an introverted person, I've always struggled with this. For example, when I started teaching myself how to build apps in college, I pretty much learned everything on my own and it was a really frustrating experience. I remember being glued to my laptop during winter break trying to fix this really dumb thing that I spent days on. I couldn't even describe the bug properly on stack overflow. Perhaps, if another, more experienced, developer had just pointed out the fix, I would probably have been less frustrated with the entire process. But ultimately, I didn't give up and learning how to make apps really helped me. Imagine how many people give up in these situations and never end up acquiring skills that could potentially change their lives. I could make a list of all things I ended up giving up on just because I couldn't find the right resources/people to guide me.
💡 Solution: Build a strong community of creators who can help each other learn new skills 🤝. And a step towards that would be a website that connects creators with everybody else who is interested in learning. Like, Airbnb but for mentors (am I even allowed to say that? 🙃) It's really simple. Anybody who has a creative skill to offer can setup a page on Graam by filling in a few details. Once their page is setup, they can share it within their network, or wherever. It's like your own personal website but specifically tailored for teaching. If a prospective student finds this page, they can easily request a private session to learn from you.
I also just graduated from college 👨🎓 and I'm super inspired by all the things that can be done by assembling an amazing community of creators 🎇. This is also my first proper web app that I've released out into the world & I'm soloing this project (so be gentle because it might break) I'm going to be working on this as long as I possibly can so you can follow me on twitter @vd_thatte for more updates about the project! 🚀 Feel free to hit me up with questions/feedback!
