Xoogler Spotlight: Powhow Learn New Hobbies In The Comfort Of Your Own Home

Former Googler Viva Chu has come up with something that hasn’t been done before. His new, New York based startup, PowHow allows people to take classes via webcam from the comfort of their own home.

Whether you want to learn how to knit socks, make fancy gift wrap or take a fitness class, there’s no need to comb the internet to find out when the next local class is happening. There’s no need to worry whether the class will be canceled because the instructor’s kids are sick. Powhow brings the class to your PC or Mac.

The classes cost each participant between $10- $30. Powhow takes a flat 30% fee off each “ticket” sold and the teacher gets the rest of the money. Simple enough right?

Now, all those great crafters on Pinterest could make a couple bucks sharing their knowledge using Chu’s new platform. It’s like Google Hangouts meets Pinterest for money.

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Powhow seems to be taking off. One trip over to the site and we found classes ranging from “shirt style gift wrapping” to “How to draw your favorite cartoon characters”. There’s even classes on body building, how to play the guitar and how to perform card based magic tricks.

Every class page has a profile of the teacher which allows the teacher to talk about their credentials to be teaching the class in the first place. Teacher’s can even do more than one class. Take magician Michael Vincent for instance. He is teaching multiple classes on card magic tricks that cost about $50 per seat. Each class is an hour long.

The site allows for Facebook commenting so after the class you can provide an endorsement for the teacher or ask a follow up question.

For more information on this unique startup or to start taking classes, check out their website at Powhow.com

source: Betabeat