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So you wanna build a data business? One of the things I didn’t understand when starting. CB Insighs was the many ways you can collect and create the information that underpins a data business. As we’ve built CBI and as I’ve studied others, I’ve realized there are 7 primary strategies employed for data collection &…
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We bootstrapped CB Insights by first building a different business involving hedge funds, too big to fail banks, and $100,000 PDFs. Data and information services nerds might enjoy this. Backstory▪ My first day of freedom from big company employment: Jan 1, 2008.▪ Bad timing: The Great Financial Crisis was about to hit, but I had…
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As we develop The School of Entrepreneuring, we’re trying to see what works so we can learn from them. The bad news is that most of it is well-intentioned but hot garbage. The entrepreneurship taught in most middle and high schools is akin to teaching someone how to ride a bike via lecture. It’s theoretical,…
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Founders tell lies about their success. Because success is a rigged game.
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I interviewed 53 middle school teachers to understand where they spend their time Surprised that only 30% is on teaching I’m trying to determine where AI/tech might provide them leverage Thought this might be of interest to entrepreneurs in/around education so sharing here
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Schools should NOT exist to train children to be compliant and conforming employees and consumers. Education should help develop students into independent-thinking explorers, leaders and problem-solvers.
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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…
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This is definitely not investment advice. Definitely not. I think the humanoid robot market is going to be huge And so I’ve been trying to find a way to play the public markets to ride this trend given most of the humanoid robotic companies are still private Here’s my WIP research along with some questions.…
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Some data from a recent anti-trust trial Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon & Schuster transcripts were researched and broken down by Elle Griffin. Here’s what jumped out: 50% of books sold less than a dozen copies 50% of books couldn’t sell 12 copies Publishers like VCs are looking for unicorns The real value-add of…
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❤️ I freakin’ love this 🚀 A new Dallas high school is dedicated to entrepreneurship The 1st floor has 15 retail shops where students learn how to run a business We need more schools where learning is: * experiential* project-based* inter-disciplinary The traditional “sage on a stage” lecture followed by “cram. exam. erase” tests don’t…
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Grade inflation is the worst, most cancerous type of inflation in the USA right now.
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The book that has caused the most arguments b/w my wife and I is “The Case Against Education” by Bryan Caplan (highly recommend) I believe our kids should not go to college and have used lines and arguments from this book with her Notes: 1. The book’s thesis is actually not advocating against college 2.…
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A quick market analysis We got a fast-growing and seemingly large market here with very little investment funding and deal activity Odd. I’ll dig in and suggest some reasons why that’s the case First, what market? The alternative education market This is education models like homeschooling & microschooling The market is growing quickly in the…
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