Village Global Podcast
Description
Erik is joined on this episode by Daniel Pianko (@danielpianko), co-founder and managing director of University Ventures, and Andy Hall (@AndyHall_SD), COO of the San Diego Workforce Partnership.
They talk about:
- How ISAs have been able to transform lives through Andy’s program in San Diego.
- Why tech titans providing massive amounts of money for scholarships is a suboptimal way of getting underprivileged people into school.
- The chasm between work and school in America.
- The fact that over 50% of all private donations go to 50 schools in the US.
- Potential bottlenecks to ISA adoption and how they can be solved.
- Why only 25% of people end up with a first job related to their degree.
- How to think about public vs. private responsibility to increase access to education in the US.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
They talk about:
- How ISAs have been able to transform lives through Andy’s program in San Diego.
- Why tech titans providing massive amounts of money for scholarships is a suboptimal way of getting underprivileged people into school.
- The chasm between work and school in America.
- The fact that over 50% of all private donations go to 50 schools in the US.
- Potential bottlenecks to ISA adoption and how they can be solved.
- Why only 25% of people end up with a first job related to their degree.
- How to think about public vs. private responsibility to increase access to education in the US.
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.