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Transmedia Capital gained Snapchat, Twitter, and LinkedIn stakes via startup acquisitions
“Well, those Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Twitter were all through acquisitions. Scan was a company that was acquired by Snapchat. Snappy TV was acquired by Twitter, and Nozzle was acquired by LinkedIn. So that's how we have positions those companies.”
Transmedia Capital invested in Josh James's startup Domo
“And now he has a company called Domo, which we're all, all also invested in, which is doing extremely well.”
The Last Mile launched the first prison coding program in the US
“And we also, this past year, started a coding curriculum where the guys learn CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and it's the first coding program in the country in a U.S. Presentation.”
Half of San Quentin coding students had never touched a computer
“I think half the class had never touched a computer, and no one certainly had done any coding, and they're doing extremely well.”
The Last Mile created a simulated web for secure prison coding instruction
“For the coding side, we actually built it out so that it is virtual, so we do the instruction from San Francisco and do a feed into the prison. And we actually, our instructor inside also has connectivity. None of the guys have locally, to their local machine,…”
Chris Redlitz predicts The Last Mile will expand nationally by 2020
“I see it national, and I see many of the guys that are graduates actually running the program, and I see myself stepping back a bit. Not that I don't want to be involved, but I want to give the guys in the program a chance to really step up and lead.”