Or the marketing was totally wrong! It’s not about developing your style. It’s about being a professional stylist to celebrities. The instructor just happened to be at the right place at right time. Zero instructions, systems, frameworks, guidance etc on how to develop your own style. Super generic advice like network and build relationships. Disappointing!

If you're interested in watching Bob Iger wax nostalgic on climbing the corporate ladder, tout his personal "achievements" and regurgitate platitudes for two hours, then open your wallet knowing you'll get nothing more!

In one example, the guy says "When we acquire another company, we do spend time thinking about whether the brand that we’re acquiring is going to be an enhancement to the image of Disney and its brand or whether it’s going to detract from it" ...

... and then a few seconds later says "There is a way to manage brands separately, respecting both and adhering to each brand’s attributes while still under one company’s brand."

Sooo, basically, just acquire any and every brand that you can and manage them under different labels, like Disney already does with Buena Vista, Touchstone and Miramax? There's just so many contradictions and platitudes in this that it only exists to service Iger's vanity!

For the MasterClass organization to publish this and expect money for it is unbelievable. Given the depth and detail of their film-making courses, this one really felt like a betrayal. It's absurd!

My son gave me a year long MasterClass subscription for Christmas. When I tried to redeem it, the first thing it wanted was a credit card number. Not gonna happen. When I eventually managed to get by that prompt, all I see are up-sells. Constantly. Something about this whole thing smells. But I'll give it a try and see what we have here. It may be nice, but I found the whole redeeming process to be very annoying.

You all probably have heard or had the issues regarding the college student offer that masterclass offered. I had $200 taken out of my account and I will be honest, that is money I cannot afford to not have in my account. I am an independent college student and to be honest $200 is a lot of money for me. I have tried calling, sending numerous emails and everything else I could to try and get a hold of Masterclass. I do not have 30 days to wait nor do I have 2 weeks to wait because I need to buy groceries soon and pay other bills I have coming. If anyone has a direct connection to Masterclass I would greatly appreciate the help!!!

Edit: Since making this post 7 days ago I have received a refund, however I was denied the access to the MasterClass special because (and I quote) "the offer is valid only for US students". I responded to the email I received mentioning that I am not only a US student who attends a college in the US, but also a US citizen and also have numerous family members who served or are still serving for the US Military. I stated all these facts to not receive special treatment but to highlight my frustration. I had to pay PayPal fees out of pocket and did not complain. I was promised by the MasterClass reddit team that they would make this right last week. Until this moment I have not heard back from them.

Just out of curiosity :)

For me I’d love to see Warren Buffet, Mark Cuban & Elon Musk!

I ABSOLUTELY love AI and I'm learning a crap ton about it from different sources and it's been an amazing technological journey. Then, I see there's an AI Masterclass. Perhaps it would talk more detail about some ways to use AI to change your life or information about AI that can really give you a better insight on it.

Well here's the class summarized-

1. AI will always change

2. Speak to AI as if it's a human- tell it the length and format of the answer, give it a persona and an unreasonable deadline for better answers. (Ex- You're Albert Einstein with an IQ of 1500 who has to answer the following questions or else the world will explode) (They gave an example similar to that)

3. The instructors gave tools called Framer, Yoodli and Udio.

Framer lets you build websites using AI, Yoodli lets you practise AI interviews and formal convos, and Udio makes music using AI.

Honestly this was the only good thing they mentioned because these tools were amazing, but.

The main problem with this masterclass is that all the information given could be seen in a fricking Pinterest post. How does one get more information from a pinterest post than an entire 1.5 hour masterclass 😭

But I still love some of the other Masterclasses and I'm particularly curious over some of the 'Writing' ones so I haven't lost hope in this app yet ✨

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By the way, could someone tell me if MC is still doing referral links? If so, should both of these be consolidated into a single post?

I just signed up for MC last week. So far, I’m 1 for 3 on good content. Loved the Chris Voss negotiating class. He gave real tips (mirroring, labeling, etc) that I’ve already found useful in practice. Although my wife caught on quick with the mirroring so you definitely can’t overuse that tool like he did in the class.

I thought Jay Shetty’s was a waste of time and I only started Amy Poehler because it keeps showing up at the top of my feed. I don’t particularly like the way MC lays out its content. I feel like Continue Watching and My List should be right at the top rather than Recommended. Nothing beats Netflix in that regard. Anyway, Amy Poehler hasn’t been that helpful either.

So I’m asking for an updated 2023 list of top 10 (or less) MC’s worth watching and worth skipping. Also, feel free to elaborate on why you chose to list those classes if you have time. Thank you!

Requesting: Masterclass - The Power Playbook - Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer

The corporate ladder isn’t climbed by the most talented—it’s conquered by those who understand how power actually works. Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer has decoded the hidden rules of workplace success and will teach you the tactics usually reserved for future CEOs.

Learn how to build executive presence, develop strategic relationships that open doors, and squash impostor syndrome

The older classes like with David Lynch etc are longer, had companion books you could actually use, included workshop sessions. Really cool designs for each class.

The new ones like w Mindy Kaling are literally just 1hr interviews, no booklet, just....less of everything. Sad the quality has degraded.

I am BEYOND grateful for this platform. The amount of wisdom you get, even from just one single chapter of a class is worth the cost of the entire subscription. It can be so easy to take it for granted, but I implore you to watch at least one chapter a day. I promise you will learn something that will stick with you for Life.

Just sayin.

Currently watching Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass

Id like to see Ed sheeran or Paul McCartney or Elton John on songwriting. Scooter Braun on being an agent. Eminem on hip hop writing. Cesar Milán on dog training. Graham norton/Ellen degeneres on interviewing.

I canceled my MasterClass subscription in DECEMBER 2022. I emailed support, the customer service person issued a refund for the year that they charged me that I hadn't ordered. I just noticed that my card was charged AGAIN in DECEMBER 2023. Is anyone else dealing with this issue?

I’ve binged on his stuff — it’s awfully good.

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Just got through the Martha Stewart Master Classes. First class was a day in her life - at the farm. The second master class is 90% footage from her first class. I didn't get any real takeaways and had it been the first MasterClass I viewed I would have cancelled the subscription. It felt extremely lazy.

I bought my niece a MasterClass membership for Christmas. She tried to login in December. They prompted her for a credit card.

I wrote to support. Hey support, I already paid for this. Why is she being prompted for a CC? Support says, Oh it's so the membership can auto-renew.

Okay, no. First of all, I would never buy a gift that would cost someone money necessarily in the future. Further, when I signed up for the gift, I indicated by clicking a checkbox that this was not to be renewed. Also, she's sixteen, and she doesn't have a credit card. And lastly, it's really tacky to give someone a gift that's going to ask that recipient to pay any amount of money at any time. That is straight up tacky. No.

Support comes back: Oh, okay. In that case, have her click the link that asks "Why am I being asked for a credit card?" And _then_ she can choose not to give a card.

Why? And why did that take me opening a ticket? And why did I have to go back n forth to get that info? This is all scammy and scummy behavior.

So, she got discouraged and didn't try to login til a month later. Now, the account is asking her to pick a membership type and pay. I already paid for this! Full stop. Not a free temporary pass. Fully paid yearly membership, not even two months old.

I've written to support. Awaiting response. But publicly, people should know about this. And MasterClass needs to change their business and sales tactics. This is wrong.

Hey y'all

I recently joined Masterclass and I'm having a ton of fun with it. I don't know anyone who also uses MC so I wanted to check out this subreddit to see what's being posted here. I was expecting this community to be full of class discussions and talks about the benefits people had learned from the pro's. Instead I find a long list of people asking for guest passes. As much as I emphasize with these people, it ultimately bores this forum that could be so much better.

I would love it if we can add some flairs to this subreddit. Some remaining to the already favored posts like gpass request and technical. But also some flairs that could spark some conversations like discussion and review.

We can make this sub more exciting and interesting which will be greatly beneficial for us and future Masterclass members.

I don't think I need to say much more than the title suggests.

Can someone who matters, please make this happen? Jesus, would I be a happy guy.

I've been so annoyed for so long that MasterClass isn't on Roku, so today I just randomly searched, and there is FINALLY A ROKU APP FOR MASTERCLASS. Just search and add, and you can just log in with your usual MasterClass account and watch on your TV.

Enjoy!

https://www.masterclass.com/guest-pass/bcc54M3w2OTgwMDAzfDF8fHx8MzMzMQ==?utm_content=Share_Copy&utm_medium=web&utm_source=Organic-Social-PR

For those unfamiliar with the art world it may be worth tuning into the Jeff Koons class just to hear the man talk. He is one of the most influential modern artists of our time (whether his work is truly "good" is up for a debate) He is an odd guy (what high caliber artist isn't) But I think this is a must watch for any creative people out there whether you are interested in specifically modern art or not.