5 Online Coding Classes Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start An Online Coding Classes

Here are some real life success stories of starting a online coding classes:

1. Frontend Mentor ($360K/year)

Matt Studdert, founder of Frontend Mentor, came up with the idea for his business while teaching a front-end web development course. He noticed that his students often struggled to find professional designs and projects to practice their skills and build their portfolios. This led him to create a platform that provides developers with challenges, designs, and optimized assets, ultimately launching Frontend Mentor.

How much they make: $360K/year
How much did it cost to start: $8K
Current team size: 0

We Built A $180K/Year Learn-To-Code Community

Online learning community Frontend Mentor has over 200,000 members, with over 1,500 paid subscribers generating over $15,000 MRR, offering professionally designed challenges to improve front-end coding skills with a freemium business model and a focus on real-life experience.

About

Matt started Frontend Mentor almost 6 years ago

Revenue

Matt grew the business to $30K/month

Costs

It cost Matt $8000 to start the business

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2. GoRails ($720K/year)

How much they make: $720K/year
Current team size:

Bootstrapping a Ruby on Rails Educational Platform to $60k MRR

Founder of educational platform GoRails achieves impressive $60k monthly recurring revenue with a single-person business model and now prepares for expansion through the hiring of first employees.

Revenue

Chris grew the business to $60K/month

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3. CSS for JavaScript Developers | An online course that teaches the fundamentals of CSS for React/Vue devs ($1.2M/year)

How much they make: $1.2M/year
Current team size:

Pre-Selling a Programming Course and Making $550k in Revenue

Learn how a developer's failure to properly manage cash flow and expenses led to the shutting down of their SaaS business, resulting in a loss of around $45,000.

Revenue

They grew the business to $100K/month

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