Maven Reviews

Maven is a software project management solution that provides an overview and visualisation of the project to help with learning and exploration. Here are some of the key features and benefits of Maven:

• Simple project setup: Maven follows best practices to get a new project or module started in seconds.
• Consistent usage across all projects: This means no ramp-up time for new developers coming onto a project.
• Superior dependency management: This includes automatic updating, dependency closures (also known as transitive dependencies), and a large and growing repository of libraries and metadata to use out of the box.
• Extensibility: Maven is able to easily write plugins in Java or scripting languages.
• Model-based builds: Maven is able to build any number of projects into predefined output types such as a JAR, WAR, or distribution based on metadata about the project, without the need to do any scripting in most cases.
• Coherent site of project information: Using the same metadata as for the build process, Maven is able to generate a web site or PDF including any documentation you care to add.
• Release management and distribution publication: Without much additional configuration, Maven will integrate with your source control system (such as Subversion or Git) and manage the release of a project based on a certain tag.
• Dependency management: Maven encourages the use of a central repository of JARs and other dependencies.

These features make Maven a powerful tool for managing and building software projects. It simplifies and standardizes the project build process, handles team collaboration, compilation, distribution, documentation, and separate tasks seamlessly. It increases reusability and takes care of most of the build-related tasks.

Maven is a platform where course creators can decide the price of their courses. The recommendation for first-time course creators is to price the first cohort between $500 - $800. The price depends on factors such as students' willingness to pay, the return on investment of learning the skill, and how much the alternatives cost. The average course price on Maven is around $500. Some instructors prefer to set a higher price and offer strategic discounts.

Maven is free to use until a student pays to enroll in a course. Through integration with Stripe, course creators automatically get paid out 90% of every course enrollment. Maven's fee is 10% on each paid student enrollment.

Please note that the pricing can evolve as the course business grows. It's important to consider the ability to pay, alternatives to the course, and the return on investment for the student when deciding the course price.

For professional courses, the impact on the student's earning potential can be considered. For non-professional courses, the value delivered by the course can be considered. For example, what is it worth to someone to have a community of like-minded peers or a new skill they've been aspiring to learn?

Remember, students don’t buy courses for information; they buy courses for transformation. The live aspect of a cohort-based course promises an extra push that asynchronous materials don't. Most importantly, the course should be hands-on, allowing students to apply what they have learned. The course should not offer a bunch of live lectures. Instead, it should offer projects, live Q&A, workshops with exercises, and plenty of opportunities for feedback.

This is the general pricing structure and strategy on Maven. The actual price may vary depending on the specific course and instructor.

Maven.com uses Stripe for processing payments. To collect payments for enrollments, users need to connect a Stripe account to their Maven account. Maven keeps 10% of each paid student enrollment, while Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Users can create discount codes and manage student receipts through Stripe. Payments are automatically processed, and users receive 90% of their course earnings minus Stripe fees. If the balance reaches $10 or more, users can request payment via their Profile page.