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id: "entity-coursera"
type: "entity"
source_timestamps: ["§ Be prepared for meaningful exploration"]
tags: ["brand-example", "education", "deep-exploration"]
related: ["claim-long-time-gains-enable-deep-exploration"]
entityType: "organization"
canonicalName: "Coursera"
aliases: []
sources: ["commercial"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-commercial"
originDay: 5
articleStem: "hbr-foci-66-customers-willing-try-new-tech"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/11/research-when-are-customers-willing-to-try-a-new-technology"
sourceTitle: "Research: When Are Customers Willing to Try a New Technology?"
---
# Coursera

**Coursera** is cited — alongside **Udemy** — as a platform that benefited from **macro** [[concept-found-time|time gains]]. During the pandemic it saw massive enrollment spikes as consumers used their extended found time to commit to meaningful, deep exploration and learning (see [[claim-long-time-gains-enable-deep-exploration]] and [[action-build-exploration-playbook]]).

Unlike micro-window brands ([[entity-duolingo-d5|Duolingo]], [[entity-pop-mart|Pop Mart]]), Coursera requires a *longer* [[concept-curiosity-window|curiosity window]] — the kind opened by cancelled plans, weather disruptions, or lockdowns.

**Enrichment context:** canonical at *coursera.org*; publicly reported large Covid-19 enrollment increases, consistent with the 'macro found time → deep exploration' thesis. (Udemy, canonical at *udemy.com*, reported similar Covid-era spikes.)