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Khan Academy: Sal Khan. From Tutoring His Cousins to Teaching the World For Free (September 2020)
- ▶ 3:14 Guy Raz Nearly thirty million people use Khan Academy every month to learn math, science, the arts, even SAT prep, all for free.
- ▶ 1:06:13 Guy Raz I met David Coleman a couple years ago, the head of the college board, and he talked about the partnership that they did with Khan Academy, where you offer free SAT prep, which it essentially really had a pretty big impact on the… 7 times in the scene
Misfits Market: Abhi Ramesh
- ▶ 4:12 Guy Raz Um, I guess while you were in high school, um, you were doing some tutoring because you, you were doing SAT prep for people, right? 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:20 Abhi Ramesh We created a gigantic Excel spreadsheet tagging thousands and thousands of SAT and ACT questions. 3 times in the scene
Thrive Market: Nick Green
Noom: Saeju Jeong
- ▶ 5:29 Saeju Jeong Um, taking an exam like SAT test in South Korea is very important, and that is a major parameter to measure how good student you are from college.
PayPal: Max Levchin (Part 1 of 2)
- ▶ 13:18 Max Levchin I think my, my counselor may not have heard that one either, but, um, she basically said, like, you've never taken an ACT, you've never taken an SAT.
M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur (2020)
- ▶ 38:20 Sarah LaFleur You know, I would wake up, and then I would work, uh, I would be running around the factory, the pattern maker, the factory, the pattern maker, and then from four to seven p.m., my apartment would turn into a tutoring facility, and I would…
Dropbox: Drew Houston
- ▶ 8:12 Drew Houston And my first company was an SAT prep company. 4 times in the scene
Khan Academy: Sal Khan
- ▶ 4:21 Guy Raz Nearly thirty million people use Khan Academy every month to learn math, science, the arts, even SAT prep.
- ▶ 1:10:07 Guy Raz I met David Coleman a couple years ago, the head of the college board, and he talked about the partnership that they did with Khan Academy, where you offer free SAT prep, which it essentially really had a pretty big impact on the… 7 times in the scene
Calendly: Tope Awotona
- ▶ 11:06 Tope Awotona So that was the plan, so I took the SAT, but then my mom was like, you can't go to college at 15, you're too young.
Impossible Foods: Pat Brown
Fitbit: James Park
- ▶ 53:14 James Park I remember even, uh, when I took the SETs and I got my score back, it was, it was a pretty good score, but my dad just honed in.
M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur
- ▶ 39:56 Sarah LaFleur You know, I would wake up, and then I would work, I would be running around the factory, the pattern maker, the factory, the pattern maker, and then from four to seven p.m., my apartment would turn into a tutoring facility, and I would be…
Live Episode! Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams: Jeni Britton Bauer
- ▶ 6:13 Jeni Britton Uh, okay, but the other thing is they, they were, you know, pretty sure that I wasn't going to get into college, the guidance counselors, because I also refused to take the SAT.