education

8 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jun 1, 2015 by Jason Calacanis · across every show →

Everything said about education, oldest first

Jun 1, 2015 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Jason Calacanis: VR will succeed in video games, adult entertainment, and education
“So I think that stuff is really going to work for video games and adult entertainment, and it could work for education.”
Jason Calacanis Jun 1, 2015 ▶ 41:32 Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor
Jan 3, 2018 negative
Opinion
Thau: College brand association and academic pedigree do not matter much
“I don't believe in the over obsession of where someone goes to school, that this, like, brand association of where people go to college or in education is that important. I think people get too wrapped up and obsessed with that, parents, kids, and I just don't…”
Kevin Thau Jan 3, 2018 ▶ 22:20 20VC: Why VC Is A Game of Maximising Serendipity, How VCs Can Characterise Their Approach To Working & Product Lessons from Jack Dorsey & Sonos' John MacFarlane with Kevin Thau, General Partner @ Spark Capital
May 25, 2018 bullish
Disclosure
Adrian Aoun targets unsexy sectors like energy, education, and healthcare
“As an angel investor myself, frankly, I love those. I'm not looking for the Get rich quick scheme. More what I'm looking for is things that are going to have massive, massive impact on the world. What are the next Google, the next Apple, but let's go after the…”
Adrian Aoun May 25, 2018 ▶ 21:05 20VC: The Core Lessons From Building a 150 Startup Angel Portfolio, Why Founders Who Angel Invest Have Such Strong Advantages and Why The Lean Startup Makes Less and Less Sense Today with Adrian Aoun, Founder & CEO @ Forward
Oct 1, 2020 positive
Insight
Boyle: Navigating regulatory hurdles unlocks markets dominated by slow incumbents
“And if you can get through the regulatory hurdles or the procurement hurdles and see that market on the other side, you are competing against the slowest moving incumbents because they have had an effective monopoly for decades. That's true of education. That'…”
Katherine Boyle Oct 1, 2020 ▶ 21:13 20VC: What Is Founder Narrative Fit and How to Detect and Invest In It, How To Avoid Consensus Thinking When Investing, Price Sensititivity; When To Pay Up vs Stay Disciplined & From New York Times To General Catalyst; Why Venture and Journalism are Not S
Jul 31, 2024 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Mollick: Major AI labs lack educators and fail to understand teaching
“And I don't think a lot of the AI firms know that I know this cause we're deep working with all of them on things like education and like, they don't really understand education. There's no educators there. So they don't really understand what teachers do. And…”
Ethan Mollick Jul 31, 2024 ▶ 46:05 Ethan Mollick: Why OpenAl Abandons Products, The Biggest Opportunities They Have Not Taken | E1184 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 31, 2024 negative
Opinion
Mollick: AI tutors cannot replace human teachers due to motivation needs
“People need extrinsic motivation to learn. It turns out that there's value in having an instructor guiding the direction of a class, that there's value in putting things into practice. So even an incredible AI tutor that knows you and loves you really well, do…”
Ethan Mollick Jul 31, 2024 ▶ 47:29 Ethan Mollick: Why OpenAl Abandons Products, The Biggest Opportunities They Have Not Taken | E1184 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 30, 2024
Insight
Tang: Access to technology and education increases inequality rather than equalizing
“The ability to use the resources to acquire education, technology, all that, all of those tools becoming a, not equalizer, actually is disequalizer.”
Donald Tang Sep 30, 2024 ▶ 52:46 Donald Tang: How SHEIN Got So Big So Fast - The Fastest Growing Company in History | E1208 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jan 10, 2025 positive
Insight
Shulman: ChatGPT acts as a median-competent tutor for every student
“The first order effect here is that GPT means that every person in the world has, like, a median competent tutor or sidekick. This is obviously amazing for education, and if you can't recognize that fact, I'm not sure you have such good judgment.”
Mikey Shulman Jan 10, 2025 ▶ 57:01 Mikey Shulman, CEO @Suno: The Future of Music, What is Gonna Happen? | E1244 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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