Hahow

Take online courses on design, programming, languages, music and more, from a Taiwanese platform where students crowdfund a course before it launches. About Hahow: Hahow (好學校, pronounced "hah-how", Taiwanese for "school") is a Taipei-founded online learning platform launched in 2015 by four co-founders, including Arnold Chiang and Austin Huang. It was Asia's first crowdfunding-integrated online course platform: instructors pitch a course idea with an intro video, students pre-order to help it reach a funding target, and only then does the course get produced and released — a model that filters for real demand before an instructor invests in filming. Hahow has since grown into Taiwan's largest interdisciplinary online learning site, with 1,000+ instructors and courses spanning design, programming, business, languages, music and hobbies. Key Features: Crowdfunding-Backed Courses: Courses launch once enough students pre-order, helping ensure content that actually gets made reflects real demand. Wide Subject Range: Courses spanning technology, design, business, languages, music, and lifestyle skills, taught by working professionals rather than only academics. Hahow for Business: A separate enterprise product lets companies build internal digital-learning programs using Hahow's platform and course library. Self-Paced Access: Once purchased, course videos can be watched on your own schedule rather than at fixed times. How to Get Started: Visit the Hahow website or download the app and create an account. Browse live courses to purchase directly, or back a crowdfunding campaign for an upcoming course. Enroll and work through the video lessons at your own pace. Use the platform's Q&A or community features to ask the instructor questions as you go. Important Notice: Courses backed through crowdfunding are not available immediately — you're pre-ordering access to a course that will be produced only if it reaches its funding target within the campaign window, so check whether a course is already live versus still in crowdfunding before expecting instant access.