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Jeff Bezos is investing $2 billion into the early education space

Dave Vasen · 20VC: Why Founders Should Not Always Be Raising, How To Build Relationships with VCs In A Condensed Timeframe, Why The Founder To VC Relationship Is Not Like A Marriage with Dave Vasen, Founder & CEO @ Brightwheel · Dec 14, 2018 · at 28:10

Dave Vasen, founder and CEO of Brightwheel, worked at Amazon and cites Jeff Bezos' investment initiative in early childhood education.

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“And you know, by the way, it's also investing around two billion in early education in our space, so that one's easy.”

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