One Month is an online teaching platform providing tutorials for digital tools, including Ruby on Rails, CSS, iOS, Web Security and Programming for Non-Programmers. The company's name comes from courases that are designed to teach a programming language in 30 days. The company has had over 25,000 users, including employees of internet firms, American universities, and banks.
History
One Month was founded in May 2013 by Chris Castiglione and Mattan Griffel. Castiglione was previously a teacher of "Programming For Non-Programmers" at General Assembly and Columbia University. Griffel created a Skillshare course called "Teach Yourself to Code: One Month Rails." The company, based in New York City, was originally known as One Month Rails, and taught basic Ruby on Rails coding. Griffel became CEO of One Month and was featured on the Forbes "30 under 30" list of 2015.
In 2013, the company raised $770k from Y Combinator, Maverick Capital, Lew Moorman, Innovation Works, General Catalyst Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Winklevoss Capital Management, FundersClub, and Wefunder.
In December 2014, One Month acquired GoRails, a learning resource for Ruby on Rails, with Chris Oliver, founder of GoRails and LaunchCode, joining the One Month team in New York r. The company launched a program in January 2015 awarding scholarships to women in the technology field. In June 2015, the company raised $1.9 million in funding from Idea Bulb Ventures, Arena Ventures, and Cornerstone OnDemand.