Khan Acedamy

Khan Academy started with a very simple thought, when Salman Khan, an Harvard MBA saw his cousin Nadia needing some help in mathematics, he started tutoring her using yahoo notepad. When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on Youtube. This started the revelation we now know as khan academy. The popularity of the videos and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009, and focus on the tutorials full-time. 

Salman Khan

The project is got funded by donations. Khan Academy, a not for profit organisation, is now with significant backing from the Bill & Melinda Foundation and Google. Google announced it would give the Khan Academy $2 million for creating more courses and for translating the core library into the world’s most widely spoken languages, as part of their Project 10.

The khan academy works towards the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. The initiative which started for the help of Nadia is now benefiting millions. Khan academy has a video library with over 3200 videos in various topic areas and over 165 million lessons delivered. It also does automated exercises with continuous assessment; there are 320 practice exercises, mainly in math and peer-to-peer tutoring based on objective data collected by the system, a process that will be projected in the future.

The Khan Academy serves as a perfect example as to how motivation help achieve great heights. Salman Khan showcases all qualities of a Y manager. He believed that people are willing to learn if provided with the opportunity to learn.