Education Tech

I spent seven years building a kid/ed-tech product and one critical thing I learned about the industry is this... No matter what they signal, most parents will only pay for one thing: Babysitting. The more guilt-free, the more valuable.

What education does is provide a curated experience to help you learn. Done well, it sifts through the myriad resources, possible paths, and common errors and says: > read *this* (not that) book > practice *this* skill first > be wary of making *this* mistake

One of my absolute favorite topics is how people learn Improving your speed of learning is also a top professional skill in a world that ain't changing any slower Here's how to improve your speed of learning:✌️🏾

Online Education Is Grow...

1/ I see a lot of ppl starting education businesses these days, whether they want to or not, and whether they call it that or not Here's the best 4x4 for thinking about the online education landscape I've found so far

The state of online learning: 1) YouTube will eat the low-end of the market. 2) People will pay 5-15x more for live courses. 3) The three biggest competitive advantages are the personality of a creator, the warmth of the community, and the quality of the student experience.

Skillshare, Masterclass, Teachable (Discover), Monthly. Explosions of ways to learn online. For a curious brain looking to explore it's overwhelming, has anyone built the Kayak of online courses?

1/OK, let's talk about the COLLEGE APOCALYPSE. Coronavirus, with a bit of help from Trump, is going to smash the U.S. university system. And it's going to smash the economic model that has sustained college towns.