Education
The Most Valuable Lesson I Learned In College
In the winter of 2003, I was hand selected by Dr. Ray “Coach” Kinnunen to be on the Northeastern University Case Competition team. This was a huge honor and responsibility. You couldn’t enroll or apply. Only ten students were chosen annually to be part of this program. We were
Crowdsourcing the ‘Global Life School’
Yesterday, I was thinking back to my experience in high school. While I had some amazing teachers and treasure many of the lessons that I learned, I wish I had been taught more fundamental ‘life skills’ during my adolescence. That reflection prompted me to write the following tweet: Less than
Tinybop: Educating Kids In Every Country
Several years ago when I was at Lerer Ventures, Sam Gerstenzang, our summer intern, recommended that I meet with Raul Gutierrez, Founder CEO of a Brooklyn-based creative studio called Tinybop. When Sam explained that Tinybop was building educational apps for kids, I was immediately skeptical because I’ve seen hundreds