CreativeLive
I co-founded CreativeLive with Chase Jarvis in 2010. The goal was simple. Make high-quality education accessible to people wherever they lived.
At the time, live video on the internet was still new. Platforms like Justin.tv were just emerging. Broadcasting multi-day workshops online was unheard of. People could learn together in real time. They could share what they knew as it happened.
As CreativeLive grew, it raised venture funding. In 2012, the company raised a $7.5M Series A led by Greylock. In 2013, it raised a $25.5M Series B led by Social Capital. In 2017, a later round added $25.3M. Total venture funding reached nearly $60M.
I stepped away from CreativeLive in 2015. The company continued without me. New leaders carried the work forward and built on what came before.
In 2022, Fiverr announced the acquisition of CreativeLive. In 2025, CreativeLive became part of CourseHorse, which preserved access to the course library.
CreativeLive was never just a company to me. It was a place where people learned how to show up, share what they knew, and take their work seriously by offering it generously to others. I am proud to be an alumnus.