Founder and Chief Executive Officer <\/strong><\/p>\nDescription of venture:<\/strong>
\nBrainPOP is a group of online websites that produce educational videos for students in grades K-12 (Wikipedia, 2014). The curriculum-based content allows users to access videos, quizzes, games and other resources, in the subjects of: science, social studies, English, math, engineering and tech, health and arts and music (BrainPOP, 2014). This online subscription site is utilized in more than 20% of U.S. schools and is growing internationally (BrainPOP, 2014).<\/p>\nBackground of CEO\/Founder:<\/strong>
\nDr. Avraham Kadar created BrainPOP in 1999 when he was trying to explain the concept of asthma and allergies to his young patients (BrainPOP, 2014). His inspiration came from his late wife, Naomi, who was an educator (The Naomi Foundation). Now, BrainPOP is used to educate children on a variety of topics and carries on the values that Avraham and his wife are passionate about.<\/p>\nTeam:<\/strong>
\nThe Vice Presidents of BrainPOP are the children of Dr. Avraham Kadar (The Naomi Foundation). They all come from a variety of backgrounds and are responsible for different aspects of the company (BrainPOP ESL, operations management) (The Naomi Foundation). There is also an advisor and managing director.<\/p>\nMy thoughts:<\/strong>
\nI think its inspiring how Kadar\u2019s idea blossomed into a successful business and brand. I find it heart-warming how the family is working together to carry on their family values and Naomi\u2019s passions. I have used BrainPOP and like my students, I love it!<\/p>\nReferences:
\n<\/strong>BrainPOP (2014). Retrieved from http:\/\/www.brainpop.com\/
\nDr. Avraham Kadar [photograph]. Retrieved from http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/71846556525264642\/
\nThe Naomi Foundation. Who We Are. Retrieved from http:\/\/naomi.org\/who-we-are\/
\nWikipedia (2014). BrainPOP. Retrieved from http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BrainPop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venture name: BrainPOP (www.brainpop.com) Founder-leader name: Dr. Avraham Kadar Title: Founder and Chief Executive Officer Description of venture: BrainPOP is a group of online websites that produce educational videos for students in grades K-12 (Wikipedia, 2014). The curriculum-based content allows users to access videos, quizzes, games and other resources, in the subjects of: science, social […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[548408],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-founders-parade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522sept13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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