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Skill tracks that actually pay off
Every track is co-designed with people already doing the work: electricians, web devs, childcare pros. Finish and get a verifiable certificate with a live QR hiring page.
📵 The alternative to endless scrolling
Stop scrolling.
Start rising.
SkillRise is a free platform where anyone can learn a practical skill, get certified, and get hired — and where people with knowledge teach others for free, simply to help their community rise.
📱 Free on iOS & Android
🎓 3,400+ volunteer teachers
★ 4.9 / 12,000+ graduates
🎓 New lesson posted!
📵 4.2 hrs of scrolling replaced
★ Sofia P., 16, just graduated!
SkillFeed — replacing your For You page
Real people teaching real skills. No ads. No drama. No algorithm traps.
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Today's lessons from your community
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John Martinez
Master Electrician
Volunteer
How to safely test a circuit breaker
3 min · 847 learners watched today
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Sarah Chen
Web Dev · Teaching teens
Volunteer
Build a website in 10 minutes
4 min · ★ Youth Zone · 1,340 watched
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Jobs3,400+
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48,000+
Lives changed
100%
Free — forever
12,000+
Graduates hired
1.2M hrs
Scrolling replaced
What you get
Built for real life — not the algorithm.
SkillRise combines the six things that matter most: a skill, a teacher, a tutor, a cohort, a certificate, and a job. For free.
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Teach
Record once. Help someone for years.
Teachers upload short, honest lessons. No production budget, no algorithm, no ads. Just your voice, your craft, and learners who actually show up.
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AI Tutor
A study buddy that knows your track
Quiz me. Explain Ohm's law. Practice my interview. The tutor is context-aware — it pulls in your track, modules, and notes to coach you step-by-step.
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Jobs
Local employers who've pre-commited to hire
Finish a track → apply with one tap → your certificate + transcript is already attached. Employers tag roles with 'hire guarantee' so you know who's serious.
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Youth Zone
A replacement for the scroll, built for 13–18
Ad-free, teen-safe, phone-minimalist. 30-day 'Social Swap' challenge, first-paid-gig goal, and SkillFeed lessons curated for younger builders.
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Community
Cohorts in every neighborhood
Meet 10–15 people learning the same thing, nearby. Live sessions, cohort chat, shared wins. Real names, real places, no DMs from strangers.
For people, not resumes
Basic, practical skills for everyone — no degree required.
If you're trying to feel less stuck, talk to people, find a job, budget a paycheck, or fix the leak under your sink — there's a 5-minute video here that starts you off. Every track is free.
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Communication
Listen better, speak clearly, write emails that land.
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Mental health
Stress, confidence, focus. Small tools, real difference.
Browse →
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Money & budgeting
Budgeting, saving, taxes — for people earning real money.
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Job readiness
Resumes, interviews, the first 90 days on any job.
Browse →
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Trades & hands-on
Plumbing, cleaning, landscaping, warehouse safety.
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Home & life
Cooking, parenting, time, first aid.
Browse →
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Digital basics
Email, online safety, typing, spreadsheets.
Browse →
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Tech & building
Real websites, tools, and portfolios.
Browse →
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Caregiving
Dignified, paid work supporting elderly and families.
Browse →
Replace endless scrolling with 5 minutes that change your week.
No ads. No degrees required. Every video has a takeaway you can use the same day.
Five products. One SkillRise.
Log in as anyone. See a completely different platform.
Same codebase. Same data. Five distinct visual languages — because a 14-year-old earning XP and a recruiter running a hiring pipeline shouldn't see the same app.
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Tracks
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Resume
Electrical Basics — Wire gauges
62% · Continue →
Beginner · 6 wks
Electrical Basics
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3 of 5 modules
AI Tutor
"Explain single-phase wiring"
Jobs near you
Apprentice Electrician
Apex · $22–28/hr
Learner dashboard
A course platform built around your next module.
Big cover cards, progress rings, and a job wall that updates when you earn certs.
- ✓Resume where you left off strip
- ✓Progress rings per track
- ✓Local jobs auto-matched to your certs
- ✓Built-in AI tutor, streaming
Our mission
We believe people deserve better than an algorithm designed to waste their time.
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Replace scrolling with learning
The average person spends 7 hours a day on screens — mostly passively. SkillRise gives that time purpose. Every session replaces a session of mindless content with a skill that compounds over time.
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Knowledge should flow freely in a community
Skilled professionals — plumbers, coders, nurses, teachers, chefs — have knowledge that can transform someone's life. We make it easy to share that knowledge in 30 minutes, for free, to people who need it most.
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Every neighborhood can lift itself
When someone in your community learns a skill, gets certified, and gets hired — that success inspires 3 more people. SkillRise creates virtuous cycles of growth that start locally and spread outward.
Before & After SkillRise
Before — typical evening
📱45 min — TikTok / Instagram
📺90 min — streaming, half-asleep
💭Felt restless, like nothing got done
After — SkillRise evening
⚡30 min — Electrical module 6
📺20 min — Live session w/ John
✓Certificate unlocked. 4 job matches.
"I deleted TikTok and replaced it with SkillRise. Six weeks later I had a job offer. The irony is, I'm happier now." — Marcus J., graduate
Who SkillRise is for
Whether you need to learn,
teach, or start young — you belong here.
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Learners
Adults seeking jobs, career changes, or personal growth
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Learn practical skills in 3–8 weeks
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Earn verified certificates
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Match to local jobs instantly
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Join a neighborhood cohort
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Everything is free to start
For volunteer teachers
You have skills someone needs.
30 minutes of your time. A lifetime of their impact.
SkillRise makes it as easy as possible to share what you know. No equipment required. No experience teaching required. Just show up and be real.
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Record on your phone
Film yourself doing what you know. Kitchen table, job site, wherever you are. We add captions and publish it.
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Go live in minutes
Host a live session for your neighborhood. We handle the tech. You just teach. No experience needed.
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Build a full course
Work with our editorial team to create a structured track. We help with design, structure, and assessment.
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See your impact
Watch your student count grow. See when someone you taught gets hired. That number is your legacy.
SkillFeed
Like your For You page —
but every video makes you better.
Short lessons from volunteer community members. No ads. No doomscrolling. A daily limit reminds you to actually go practice what you learned.
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John Martinez
Master Electrician
Volunteer
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How to test a circuit breaker safely
Step-by-step for beginners. Everything you need before touching a panel.
♥ 847💬 343 min
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Maya Lawson
Financial Coach
Volunteer
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Build your first real budget — for $15-25/hr earners
Not theory. A real budget that actually works for people who are starting out.
♥ 2,104💬 915 min
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Sarah Chen
Web Developer · Teens
Volunteer
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Build a website in 10 minutes — no experience needed
Perfect for high schoolers. Have something real to show colleges and employers.
♥ 1,340💬 56★ Youth
Youth Zone ★
For teenagers who are tired of being told to just scroll less.
SkillRise gives teens and high school students a real alternative — practical tracks designed for ages 13–18 that build confidence, skills, and a future that no college degree can take away.
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Coding, design & tech skills
Age 13+ · Beginner-friendly · All free
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Money, budgeting & business basics
Age 15+ · Life skills that school doesn't teach
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Trade skills that pay from day one
Age 16+ · Electrical, plumbing, HVAC basics
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Communication & public speaking
Age 13+ · For school, interviews, life
📵 The Social Media Swap — 30 Day Challenge
Trade 30 minutes of social media for 30 minutes of SkillRise. In 30 days you'll have a real skill. In 90 days you could have your first income.
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30 minutes less scrolling per day
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30 minutes on SkillRise every day
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By Day 30 — a real skill unlocked
For teachers & schools
Assign SkillRise to students as part of career education. Free for all schools. Track progress, award certificates, and see which students are on track for employment.
School partnership program →Real stories
People whose lives actually changed
These aren't marketing stories. These are real people from real neighborhoods who replaced scrolling with learning and changed the course of their lives.
"I was working retail at $14/hr and scrolling for 3 hours a night. Six weeks after completing Electrical Basics on SkillRise, I had three job offers. I started at Apex Electric at $27/hr. I deleted Instagram the day I enrolled and never went back.
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Tanya Williams
Apprentice Electrician, Manchester NH
$14/hr → $27/hr
"I teach electrical safety on SkillRise — 30-minute videos, completely free. I've had 847 students. One of them is now a licensed electrician. That's what I'll tell my kids I did with my life. Not what I posted.
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John Martinez
Master Electrician · Volunteer Teacher
Volunteer Teacher
"I'm 16. I used SkillRise's coding track during summer vacation instead of TikTok. I just landed my first freelance client — a local restaurant wanted a website. I made $400. My mom cried. I cried. Then I enrolled in the next track.
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Sofia P., age 16
High School Student, Manchester NH
★ Youth Zone Graduate
"As a single dad I couldn't do a 2-year program. I studied SkillRise on my phone at night. The Caregiver track was 4 weeks. I got hired before I finished the last module. That's what this platform is — real results, real fast.
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Rico James
Senior Caregiver, City Medical
Unemployed → $22/hr
"I graduated from SkillRise's web dev track, got hired, and now I teach on SkillFeed. The cycle is beautiful. Someone teaches you, you teach someone else. That's what a real community looks like.
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Aliya Parker
Web Developer & Volunteer Teacher
Graduate turned Volunteer
"My school started using SkillRise in career class. Our teacher assigned it instead of homework. Half my class is now working toward a real certificate. Three kids in my year already have job interviews lined up before graduation.
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Marcus K., age 17
High School Junior, Manchester NH
★ Youth Zone Graduate
About me
Hi, I'm Samuel Raymond Kwibe.
Computer Science student at SNHU. Builder of SkillRise. I make software that helps people rise.
Southern New Hampshire University
I'm Samuel Raymond Kwibe, a Computer Science student at Southern New Hampshire University. I've been writing code since I realized it was something I could actually do — and every project I ship starts with the same question: does this help someone?
SkillRise started in a notebook. I kept meeting people in my community who wanted to learn a skill, change careers, or land their first real job, but everything in their way was paywalled, gatekept, or buried under feeds designed to keep them scrolling instead of learning.
So I built what I wished existed. A free platform where anyone can learn a practical skill, get certified, and get hired — and where experienced people can teach for free to help their community rise with them.
Why I built SkillRise
I've seen how much raw talent is locked behind cost and access. Someone in my neighborhood who wants to become an electrician shouldn't need years and thousands of dollars before they can earn. SkillRise is my answer: strip away everything that isn't learning, teaching, or hiring — and make every piece of it free.
1.2M hrs
of scrolling replaced with learning
3,400+
volunteer teachers giving freely
2,800+
teenagers graduated Youth Zone
12,000+
community members hired
100%
free — funded by employers, not ads
For employers
Stop sorting resumes.
Hire people who are ready.
Join 340+ local businesses using SkillRise to find pre-certified, community-invested candidates. Every hire comes with a 90-day guarantee.
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Average time to hire
11 days
vs. 42 day industry average
Download free
Stop scrolling. Start rising.
Your neighborhood is waiting.
Free to download. Free to learn. Free to certify. Free to teach. SkillRise only earns when you get hired — so we're 100% on your side.
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