universities

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 15, 2023 by Mike Silagadze · across every show →

Everything said about universities, oldest first

Feb 15, 2023 negative
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Silagadze: Universities neglect teaching tech because funding comes from research
“The incentive structures within universities are set up such that the amount of resources they're willing to expend on actual, like, teaching technology and, like, investing in in student engagement, not super high. And it's just that most of their revenue, mo…”
Mike Silagadze Feb 15, 2023 ▶ 8:01 Mike Silagadze, Founder of TopHat ($200M+ Raised) | How to Start your Second Startup · PMF Show
Jul 3, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Basiri: ApplyBoard Dropped 100% of Student Fees After Charging Universities
“The moment we realized that we can charge universities some marketing fee, we dropped a hundred percent of our cost to our students.”
Martin Basiri Jul 3, 2023 ▶ 27:53 Martin Basiri, Founder of Applyboard | How to Find Product Market Fit · PMF Show
Jan 16, 2025 neutral
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Vaillancourt: Elite universities prioritize full-tuition students over MOOC learners
“At the end of the day, their priority is their traditional business, which is the core university, the people that are going there, you know, spending 80,000 dollars a year to get a degree, undergraduate, whatever, like, that's really their core constituency.”
Darius Vaillancourt Jan 16, 2025 ▶ 19:02 He raised $250K, had thousands of users—but here's what he'd do differently next time. | Darius V... · PMF Show
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