Category: technology
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Jason Blum, founder of Blumhouse Productions, has pioneered a revolutionary approach to filmmaking that’s both critically acclaimed and financially lucrative. With 42 movies grossing over $50 million each on modest production budgets, Blumhouse has generated $6 billion in sales. For every dollar invested in a Blumhouse movie, it has generated $8.2 in revenue.1 I spent…
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As we build The School of Entrepeneuring, we’ve realized that the fundamental challenge in education today isn’t about content or delivery. It’s about the problems we ask students to solve. The problems aren’t just dull but dangerously irrelevant. The result, as expected, is that we’re boring kids to death helping them hone obsolete skills while…
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I’m going to start this essay with an ask. Please invest 5:57 watching the video below. It’s from 1966. In it, the BBC asked kids what life would be like in 2000. It’s worth it for their responses (and their dope British accents). I’ll see you below after you’ve watched. What struck you? I was…
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Alexander the Great’s tutor was Aristotle Soon, every kid will have their own personal Aristotle as evidenced by this video of Sal Khan with his son. Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem study revealed that 1-1 tutoring is way more effective than traditional classroom instruction Students tutored 1-on-1 performed 2 standard deviations better than those who learned…