review:ed #16 Ed Tech Startups – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Audio)

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review:ed Episode #16 “Ed Tech Startups – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly” recorded: February 17th 2012

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Show Notes

[02:00] Airy Labs layoffs and the Thiel Fellowship
Sources: TechCrunch | Hack Education

[14:20] Education Hype or Bubble? Sir Ken Robinson’s talk outdated

[22:20] Thank you to our sponsor Languagelab.com

[26:10] Interview with Jani Penttinen of Transfluent

[30:30] Transfluent translates the Obama Campaign Tweets into Spanish

[36:11] Pivots as part of a startup’s lifecycle

[46:47] Advice for young entrepreneurs

[49:23] Interview Lesley Beth & Kevin Condon of Jazzles

[51:00] History & methodologyof Jazzles

[59:00] Business behind Jazzles

[1:12:50] Would Google be as successful without Eric Schmidt as CEO?

[1:15:25] Inkling launches publisher platform
Source: Business Wire

[1:21:37] University of California YouTube Channel – UCTV Prime
Source: The Verge