Hello! Paul here
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Hello! Paul here
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If you’re curious, here’s a little about us.

In 2010, Mark and I sat in on a post-mortem where one of our clients reviewed the failure of an online course experiment.

Here’s what “online courses” looked like then:

What a mess! The Learning Management System (“LMS”) greeted eager learners who’d paid good money with...

🤬 Content Chaos
So. Many. Links... all competing for attention.

🤷‍♂️ No Sense of Progress
What’s next? What’s done? Where am I? (Good luck.)

🤪 No Designed Experience
Zero effort given to creating a usable, beautiful online experience. (Isn’t it ironic, given the time and money spent making offline campuses beautiful?)

It’s no wonder the course utterly failed.

We were angry with the inept software and left the meeting to furiously prototype a better solution. The next morning, we pitched it to our client, and they funded part of what we needed to start building a better way to teach & learn online.

For over a decade, our team has built Pathwright alongside thoughtful, creative educators (not venture capitalists) as an alternative to the online learning status quo.

We don’t focus on winning feature list comparisons or chasing trends for making money online. We focus on one thing: helping you design focused, personal learning experiences for others — whether it’s one person or one hundred thousand.

So far, we’ve helped path makers design paths for over 2 million learners who’ve completed more than 80 million steps.

If you’re looking for an alternative to the status quo, give Pathwright a try. If you have any thoughts or questions, feel free to email me.

— Paul

Content isn’t enough.

If it were, libraries and the internet would have made geniuses of every one of us.

No matter how easy it is to access or generate content, we need someone to meet us where we are and help design a path to where we want to go to make lasting progress.

Invisible paths connect everything.

Path-making is one of our most powerful human instincts — we all do it as teachers, parents, mentors, leaders, and for ourselves. However, we rarely do so intentionally and often only see the Path that brought us where we ended up in hindsight.

Paths are the invisible glue that connect people and information to progress.

Two problems block your way.

Problem 1

Understanding something new is hard. Some people get lost no matter how hard you try. The spark of inspiration doesn’t come easily.

Problem 2

The paths you make — threading notebooks, emails, PDFs, video calls, and spoken encouragement together — are invisible. You can't design what you can’t see. You’ve been trying, but, to tackle what’s next, you'll need something that works with you.

Paths were invisible.

Not anymore.

Meet Pathwright where you can see, design, and invite anyone to join a path through the challenge of learning anything. It’s the supertool you’ve been looking for.

Now, it's yours. What will you make?

Who makes this?
Who makes this?

Humans of Pathwright

Humans of Pathwright

Brad

Reardon

Developer

Since

’15

Infrastructure

API Dev

Platform

Christian

Shockley

LX Designer

Since

’13

LX Design

Event Host

EdLabs

David

Chapman

Developer

Since

’18

DevX

Blocks

Processes

Evan

Walker

Accountant

Since

’23

Financial Ops

Reporting

Forecasting

Felipe

Arias

Developer

Since

’23

Front-End

Native App

R&D

Hosanna

Greene

Guide

Since

’23

Help Center

Guidance

Path Design

Joe

Van Leeuwen

Developer

Since

’15

Front-End

GraphQL

Reliability

Justin

Hall

Brand Designer

Since

’11

Partner

Brand

Marketing

Product

Kim

Chapman

Guide

Since

’20

Guidance

QA

Help Center

Mark

Johnson

Platform Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Platform

Architecture

R&D

Michelle

Johnson

Guide

Since

’13

Product Expert

Guidance

Demos

Paul

Johnson

Product Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Strategy

Product Design

Ops

Brad

Reardon

Developer

Since

’15

Infrastructure

API Dev

Platform

Christian

Shockley

LX Designer

Since

’13

LX Design

Event Host

EdLabs

David

Chapman

Developer

Since

’18

DevX

Blocks

Processes

Evan

Walker

Accountant

Since

’23

Financial Ops

Reporting

Forecasting

Felipe

Arias

Developer

Since

’23

Front-End

Native App

R&D

Hosanna

Greene

Guide

Since

’23

Help Center

Guidance

Path Design

Joe

Van Leeuwen

Developer

Since

’15

Front-End

GraphQL

Reliability

Justin

Hall

Brand Designer

Since

’11

Partner

Brand

Marketing

Product

Kim

Chapman

Guide

Since

’20

Guidance

QA

Help Center

Mark

Johnson

Platform Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Platform

Architecture

R&D

Michelle

Johnson

Guide

Since

’13

Product Expert

Guidance

Demos

Paul

Johnson

Product Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Strategy

Product Design

Ops

Brad

Reardon

Developer

Since

’15

Infrastructure

API Dev

Platform

Christian

Shockley

LX Designer

Since

’13

LX Design

Event Host

EdLabs

David

Chapman

Developer

Since

’18

DevX

Blocks

Processes

Evan

Walker

Accountant

Since

’23

Financial Ops

Reporting

Forecasting

Felipe

Arias

Developer

Since

’23

Front-End

Native App

R&D

Hosanna

Greene

Guide

Since

’23

Help Center

Guidance

Path Design

Joe

Van Leeuwen

Developer

Since

’15

Front-End

GraphQL

Reliability

Justin

Hall

Brand Designer

Since

’11

Partner

Brand

Marketing

Product

Kim

Chapman

Guide

Since

’20

Guidance

QA

Help Center

Mark

Johnson

Platform Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Platform

Architecture

R&D

Michelle

Johnson

Guide

Since

’13

Product Expert

Guidance

Demos

Paul

Johnson

Product Designer

Since

’09

Cofounder, Partner

Strategy

Product Design

Ops