You weren't born knowing how to be a CEO: Matt Cooper, CEO, Skillshare

​About this session: Great CEOs are made, not born. Matt Cooper, CEO of Skillshare, will share his insight from nearly 15+ years of tech and leadership experience about how to become the best CEO for your company at any stage. Many people dream of becoming a great CEO but learning what it takes to level up might surprise you. Matt has some pointers that should go in every chief executive’s toolkit. Matt is on his fourth startup — two of which he’s served as CEO. Over the past 15 years, his journey as a leader has taken him from highs like successful acquisitions to lows like large layoffs.

​About Matt Cooper: As CEO of Skillshare, Matt recently oversaw the company’s successful $28M Series C raise and scaled the e-learning platform to over 5 million users. Before joining Skillshare, Matt was the CEO of Visually, an online marketplace for creative work that was acquired by ScribbleLive in January 2016. Prior to Visually, Matt was the VP of Operations, Enterprise and International for oDesk (now Upwork), the world's largest marketplace for online work. Matt is the father of four amazing girls and spends most of my non-working hours driving them around in circles to their various activities. In his rare moments of free time, Matt enjoys surfing, fishing, running and anything outdoors.