Dan Genduso spent nearly a decade working in consulting before landing on the Disrupt Berlin stage to launch his first startup, Apoll01 — a small company with a big idea about how to solve America’s expanding education crisis. First at Accenture and then at Slalom Consulting in San Francisco, Genduso focused on building out customer […]
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YC alum Make School gains rare accreditation for 2-year applied CS bachelor’s degree
Higher education is a mess. College students spend years learning arcana and quaint academic theories, only to be thrust into the harsh light of the workplace where they are ill-equipped to handle even the most mundane task. A crisis, a moral failure or perhaps simply an expensive mistake, college is clearly in need of a […]
View More YC alum Make School gains rare accreditation for 2-year applied CS bachelor’s degreeFacebook is going back to college
While today’s college graduates are “digital natives,” these natives have been conditioned on Netflix-like interfaces, and aren’t accustomed to laborious software configurations, or the steep learning curves required to master a software platform.
View More Facebook is going back to collegeInvestors are pouring money into Frank, a TurboTax for student loan applications
Venture capitalists have been trying to make money from the higher education market for years. It’s a rich target for the clutch of investor that pride themselves (in their better moments) on investing in companies that can improve society, and that work to fix broken systems, and a new startup Frank is the latest attempt to make a lasting change in the industry. At this point no one… Read More
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