Jimmy Wales: Founder of Wikimedia Foundation
Venture description Wikipedia (founded 2001), which lead to the foundation of Wikimedia (founded 2003). Wikimedia manages Wikipedia and its sibling projects as a non-profit. Wikipedia is a free and open online encyclopedia. Wikipedia attempts at a “neutral point-of-view” and utilizes user-generated and user-curated content and for the most part is user-managed. The proposition of a […]
Wes Kao: Co-founder of Maven
Maven is a cohort-based online learning platform that facilitates the implementation of social engagement and a sense of community through the blending of MOOC’s and cohort-based learning. The platform allows instructors to construct online learning courses with a scalable cohort-based engagement strategy while maintaining a premium student experience. Instructors who register to create content on […]
Nic Borg: Co-founder of Edmodo
In 2008, Nic Borg founded Edmodo alongside Jeff O’Hara, and Crystal Hutter. Edmodo is a free and secure cloud-based learning network that connects classroom community (students, teachers and even parents) together. While teachers have a platform to upload, assign, track and collect assignments to run their classrooms efficiently, students have a platform to connect and […]
Peter Arvai – Prezi
What is Prezi, and why? Prezi is a web-based tool for creating presentations. It’s similar to other presentation software like Microsoft PPT, but it offers some unique features that make it a good alternative. In recent years, it has become popular in schools and businesses. Most types of presentation software use a slide-based approach, where you […]
Satoshi Sugie: Co-founder & CEO of WHILL
Satoshi Sugie is the co-founder and CEO of WHILL, a company whose mission is to change the negative perception of personal mobility devices through design and technology. WHILL started in 2010 when Sugie’s friend explained “I’ve given up on going to the grocery store just 2 blocks away” due to the negative attention received in […]