Year: 2020

This is a Discussion Post related to the third week of 522. How do you invest? This week we’ve looked at how new ventures are…

This is a Discussion Post related to the fourth week of 522. What’s your ride? I’ve been very fortunate in my career in that I’ve…

This is a Discussion Post related to the final week of 522. Who owns the future of learning? Now that we’re concluding our journey I’ll…

A common belief is that education and business are incompatible, like oil and water. For example, almost everyone believes that classrooms should be commerce-free. Yet…

Humanity’s relationship with technology is changing almost as fast as technology itself, and our hopes and dreams for learning ride the wave of that relationship.…

Most people understand education as a domain populated by “teachers” and “students”, not “customers”. In fact, even the concept of “customer” is difficult in traditional…

Original Value 522 understands a “venture” as any new initiative that is conceived for the purpose of generating original value in the world. Let’s break…

The Art and Science of Listening to Crazy Ideas In this section and the next we’re running mini-bootcamps for analysts (the people who evaluate the viability of…

If you really were an Educational Venture Analyst, as you are now emulating, you would spend a significant portion of your time responding to “pitches”…

The Content For educators, a brilliant feature of pitches, especially 8-12 minute Venture Pitches, is that they are perfect learning objects. They’re condensed diamonds with…