Write of Passage

“When I interview someone that's graduated rite of passage, like to me, that's better than working at Google or graduating Stanford.”

“So right now we have five week program, 438 students from 41 countries. I have 38 people who are helping me run this in some capacity.”

“You don't do it through rules. You don't do it through laws. You don't do it through guidelines. You do it by taking people who represent that culture and sort of promoting them, showing them off through shout outs, showing them off through leadership position…”

“And right around then I got a 20,000 dollar grant from Tyler Cowen's Merchant Ventures program, took that 20,000 dollars, hired a Hollywood film crew, flew them down to Mexico City.”

“You know, you can't get into the course for less than 4000 dollars though. We do offer scholarships because of that.”