In this interview I talked to Sarah Gontijo, Founder and CEO of hello-hello a language learning community.
Similar to other language learning communities like Livemocha, Busuu or Babbel hello-hello offers a free community where people from around the globe can meet each other, do language exchange and correct each others exercises.
What makes hello-hello different from its competitors is that the courses are developed in partnership with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and that the platform offers its premium courses on the iPad. The first course was even included in the launch version of the iPad store and made it up to place number 2 in the education category.
During the interview Sarah tells her really interesting story and gives us some great insights about how the idea was born, what made her decide to go all in on the iPad when she first saw the device and about her plans to grow the company in the near future.
hello-hello is entirely self funded and you will see how far real passion for a project can bring you.
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Additional Links:
Homepage: | http://www.hello-hello.com |
ACTFL: | http://www.actfl.org |
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