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In this episode of the Lawyerist Podcast, join Stephanie as she dives into an inspiring conversation with Gregory Rada, a veterans disability attorney and Labster who transformed his solo practice into a thriving law firm. Greg shares how he leveraged technology, built a powerful online presence, and streamlined operations to reclaim 28 hours per week. Links from the episode: Check out CosmoLex
In this episode of the Lawyerist Podcast, join Stephanie as she dives into an inspiring conversation with Gregory Rada, a veterans disability attorney and Labster who transformed his solo practice into a thriving law firm. Greg shares how he leveraged technology, built a powerful online presence, and streamlined operations to reclaim 28 hours per week. Links from the episode: Check out CosmoLex
This week, Dustin chats with Shawn Boom, CEO of Labster, about the transformative power of immersive learning technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Shawn shares how Labster is reshaping the educational landscape, particularly in STEM fields, by providing students with hands-on, immersive learning experiences. These technologies not only make learning more accessible and engaging but also help students gain the confidence they need to thrive in high-demand fields like healthcare and STEM. They discuss the challenges in education today, from shrinking student populations to the need for relevant, modern learning experiences.Guest Name: Shawn Boom, CEO at LabsterGuest Social: LinkedInGuest Bio: Shawn Boom currently serves as the CEO of Labster. Shawn's prior roles in the edtech industry include working nine-plus years with Blackboard, the online learning management system (LMS) now part of Anthology, where he held the position of global vice president. He previously spent five-plus years as director of sales for The Active Network, with a focus on the higher education market. Most recently, he spent nearly six years with K12 and non-profit focused fintech provider Vanco, serving as CEO and Executive Chairman. - - - -Connect With Our Host:Dustin Ramsdellhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dustinramsdell/https://twitter.com/HigherEd_GeekAbout The Enrollify Podcast Network:The Higher Ed Geek is a part of the Enrollify Podcast Network. If you like this podcast, chances are you'll like other Enrollify shows too! Some of our favorites include Generation AI and I Wanna Work There. Enrollify is made possible by Element451 — the next-generation AI student engagement platform helping institutions create meaningful and personalized interactions with students. Learn more at element451.com.Element451 is hosting the AI Engage Summit on Oct 29 and 30Register now for this free, virtual event.The future of higher ed is being redefined by the transformative power of AI. The AI Engage Summit brings together higher ed leaders, innovators, and many of your favorite Enrollify creators to explore AI's impact on student engagement, enrollment marketing, and institutional success. Experience firsthand how AI is improving content personalization at scale, impacting strategic decision-making, and intuitively automating the mundane tasks that consume our time. The schedule is packed with real examples and case studies, so you leave knowing how to harness AI to drive meaningful change at your institution. Whether you're looking to enhance student outcomes, optimize enrollment marketing, or simply stay ahead of the curve, the AI Engage Summit is your gateway to the next level of higher education innovation. Registration is free, save your spot today.
Robin is the Chief Business and Product Officer at LMS365. Robin has previously been a 3 x CMO with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and growth leadership roles at Salesforce, Box, LinkedIn, Matterport, and WeWork. He's done 2.5 IPOs, several acquisitions, and led companies through hyper-growth to become category leaders. Robin is also a mentor to several fast-growing companies, including Uizard, Custimy, Cutover, Rhombus Systems, and Labster. His passion is creating winning teams that do outstanding and meaningful work. We will get his take on Accountability and tips for better performance reviews.
Sara has a heartfelt conversation with long-time Labster and owner of a thriving appellate law firm Tim Atler, about overcoming self-doubt and fear and embracing bold and impactful strategic decisions. Through candid dialogue and poignant reflections, they explore the transformative power of self-awareness and courage as true business leaders. From navigating daunting uncertainties to embracing vulnerability, this episode inspires firm owners to embark on their own journey towards fearless, strategic decision-making and professional fulfillment. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free!
Sara has a heartfelt conversation with long-time Labster and owner of a thriving appellate law firm Tim Atler, about overcoming self-doubt and fear and embracing bold and impactful strategic decisions. Through candid dialogue and poignant reflections, they explore the transformative power of self-awareness and courage as true business leaders. From navigating daunting uncertainties to embracing vulnerability, this episode inspires firm owners to embark on their own journey towards fearless, strategic decision-making and professional fulfillment. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free!
Origins - A podcast about Limited Partners, created by Notation Capital
In the first Origins episode of the year, Nick Chirls (Notation Capital) and Beezer Clarkson (Sapphire Partners) host Scott Kupor, a Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. In his role as managing partner, Scott invests in growth-stage companies building in the bio and healthcare industries, manages the firm's investor relations team, and is responsible for the firm's growth initiatives. Scott was the first employee at Andreessen Horowitz and managed the firm's growth from $300 million in AUM to more than $30 billion. Prior to joining the firm, Scott worked as vice president and general manager of software-as-a-service at Hewlett Packard. Before that, he held numerous executive management positions at Opsware, including senior vice president of global field operations, vice president of financial planning and vice president of corporate development. Scott is also the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It, and serves on the boards of Cedar, Headway, Foursquare, Labster, Ultima, and SnapLogic. He also served as chairman of the board for the National Venture Capital Association. In this episode we discuss: - The evolution of Andreessen Horowitz as the firm approaches its 15th anniversary - Reflections on how Scott's role has changed since becoming the first hire at a16z - The state of venture today with AI as an inflection point + valuation corrections - Managing LP/GP expectations in the current environment (e.g. markdowns) - a16z's decentralized business model and keeping important cultural values - How to think about (and debate) fund size and what is the TAM today …and much more Follow us: https://twitter.com/nchirls https://twitter.com/beezer232 https://twitter.com/skupor
Robin is the Chief Business and Product Officer at LMS365. Robin has previously been a 3 x CMO with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and growth leadership roles at Salesforce, Box, LinkedIn, Matterport, and WeWork. He's done 2.5 IPOs, several acquisitions, and led companies through hyper-growth to become category leaders. Robin is also a mentor to several fast-growing companies, including Uizard, Custimy, Cutover, Rhombus Systems, and Labster. His passion is creating winning teams that do outstanding and meaningful work. We will get his take on Accountability and tips for better performance reviews.
Robin is the Chief Business and Product Officer at LMS365. Robin has previously been a 3 x CMO with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and growth leadership roles at Salesforce, Box, LinkedIn, Matterport, and WeWork. He's done 2.5 IPOs, several acquisitions, and led companies through hyper-growth to become category leaders. Robin is also a mentor to several fast-growing companies, including Uizard, Custimy, Cutover, Rhombus Systems, and Labster. His passion is creating winning teams that do outstanding and meaningful work. We will get his take on Accountability and tips for better performance reviews.
Robin is the Chief Business and Product Officer at LMS365. Robin has previously been a 3 x CMO with more than 20 years of experience in marketing and growth leadership roles at Salesforce, Box, LinkedIn, Matterport, and WeWork. He's done 2.5 IPOs, several acquisitions, and led companies through hyper-growth to become category leaders. Robin is also a mentor to several fast-growing companies, including Uizard, Custimy, Cutover, Rhombus Systems, and Labster. His passion is creating winning teams that do outstanding and meaningful work. We will get his take on Accountability and tips for better performance reviews.
[INTRO MUSIC] HOST (Elle Cole):Welcome to the Cleverly Changing Podcast, where we explore the world of homeschooling, parenting, and education. I'm your host, Elle Cole, and today we're diving into the fascinating realm of artificial intelligence in homeschooling.HOST (Elle Cole):Artificial intelligence, or AI, isn't just about robots and sci-fi movies. It's a powerful tool that can enrich our children's education in remarkable ways. We shouldn't be afraid of technology. It is a tool that we should learn how to use responsibly, and the lessons around technology should be taught in an educational setting or within the homeschool setting. Today, I'll be sharing practical ways families can integrate AI into their homeschool curriculum.I believe learning is about going on a knowledge adventure. STEM is huge in schools and today's job markets, so our children should be early adopters of how to train machines/computers intelligently.HOST (Elle Cole):Let's start with something fundamental—reading. AI-powered reading apps like Lexia Core5 or Epic! Books offer personalized learning paths. They adapt to a student's reading level, providing targeted activities to improve comprehension and vocabulary.SCENARIO 1: MORNING ROUTINEHOST (Elle Cole):Imagine this: It's the start of a homeschool day. You're gathered around the kitchen table, ready to dive into your lessons. But before you begin, why not start with an AI-powered news aggregator like Newsela? This tool provides tailored news articles suitable for different reading levels.HOST (Elle Cole):Next, you can select articles relevant to your curriculum, whether it's history, science, or current events. It's an excellent way to spark discussions and encourage critical thinking while keeping your kids informed about the world.SCENARIO 2: STEM ACTIVITIESHOST (Elle Cole):For those science and tech enthusiasts, AI can be a game-changer. Have you heard of DIY projects like building a voice-controlled robot or coding with Scratch? These hands-on activities engage kids in the basics of AI and coding.HOST (Elle Cole):Platforms like Scratch offer a user-friendly interface that lets kids create animations, games, and interactive stories using coding blocks. It's a fantastic way to introduce programming concepts while fostering creativity.SCENARIO 3: PERSONALIZED LEARNINGHOST (Elle Cole):One of the most remarkable aspects of AI in education is its ability to personalize learning experiences, which should be right in line with homeschoolers self-directed philosophies. Tools like Khan Academy or Coursera leverage AI algorithms to adapt content based on a child's progress.HOST (Elle Cole):So, whether your child excels in math or needs extra help with grammar, these platforms adjust the difficulty level in real time. It's like having a personal tutor catering to each child's unique learning pace.SCENARIO 4: ART AND AIHOST (Elle Cole):When it comes to art, AI isn't just about algorithms. Tools like Google's AutoDraw or Adobe's Sensei can assist budding artists. They provide suggestions and corrections while sketching or designing, making the creative process more intuitive and enjoyable.SCENARIO 5: MATH & SCIENCE EXPLORATIONHOST (Elle Cole):Now, let's venture into the realms of math and science. AI-powered math platforms like Photomath (which we missed during season 2) or Wolfram Alpha can be incredible aids. They help solve complex equations and offer step-by-step explanations, turning math problem-solving into an interactive experience. These tools can be especially helpful to parents needing a refresher to remind them how to do complex math problems. I used to watch how-to math videos on Youtube, workout the problem, and then use Photomath to ensure my answer and process were correct.HOST (Elle Cole):In science, AI simulators and software like Algodoo or Labster simulate experiments. They allow students to conduct virtual lab experiments, explore scientific theories, and understand concepts like never before. These tools can help level the playing field and save homeschool families money.SCENARIO 6: SOCIAL STUDIES & WORLD HISTORYHOST (Elle Cole):Moving on to social studies and world history, AI-powered resources such as Google Earth and Timeline JS provide immersive experiences. Students can virtually explore historical sites, trace timelines, and understand global events in a more engaging manner.SCENARIO 7: LANGUAGE LEARNING & RELIGIOUS STUDIESHOST (Elle Cole):For language learning and religious studies, AI language apps like Duolingo or Rosetta Stone aid in learning foreign languages. They adapt to individual progress, making language acquisition interactive and fun.[Sound Effect: Reading religious texts]HOST (Elle Cole):Additionally, AI text analysis tools can help students delve deeper into religious texts. They provide insights, interpretations, and summaries, aiding in a comprehensive understanding.HOMESCHOOLING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EPISODE SUMMARYHOST (Elle Cole):Incorporating artificial intelligence into your homeschool curriculum isn't about replacing traditional teaching methods. It's about enhancing learning experiences, fostering curiosity, and preparing our kids for a tech-driven future. The possibilities of incorporating AI into our core subjects for middle and high school students are extensive. It's also about using technology as a tool to enhance learning, encourage exploration, and cultivate a deeper understanding of various subjects.[Sound Effect: Outro music begins]HOST (Elle Cole):That's all for today's episode. Thank you for joining me on the Cleverly Changing Podcast. Don't forget to visit our website CleverlyChanging.com for additional resources and join the conversation on our social media platforms. Until next time, keep learning and exploring. Goodbye![OUTRO MUSIC FADES IN][END OF EPISODE] ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Picture this: an estate planning attorney with a twist—owning a law firm by day and conjuring up imaginative, offbeat celebrations for the dearly departed by night. In this intriguing episode, Sara interviews Jolene Blackbourn, Labster and trailblazing estate planning attorney and entrepreneur, who has taken a distinctive approach to end-of-life celebrations. Learn how Jolene blends her passion with her profession with her unique method of infusing her love for Halloween culture into the traditional landscape of estate planning. We invite you to challenge your notions about end-of-life planning while celebrating the magic of honoring individuality and explore ways to seamlessly blend law and creativity into your practice. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Posh Virtual Receptionists, NetDocuments & LawPay. for sponsoring this episode.
Picture this: an estate planning attorney with a twist—owning a law firm by day and conjuring up imaginative, offbeat celebrations for the dearly departed by night. In this intriguing episode, Sara interviews Jolene Blackbourn, Labster and trailblazing estate planning attorney and entrepreneur, who has taken a distinctive approach to end-of-life celebrations. Learn how Jolene blends her passion with her profession with her unique method of infusing her love for Halloween culture into the traditional landscape of estate planning. We invite you to challenge your notions about end-of-life planning while celebrating the magic of honoring individuality and explore ways to seamlessly blend law and creativity into your practice. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Posh Virtual Receptionists, NetDocuments & LawPay. for sponsoring this episode.
Ever since former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mary Jo White announced the Silicon Valley Initiative, we have seen the enforcement division moving into the private company sphere. Major compliance and governance failures, such as Theranos, FTX, and IRL, have put the spotlight on what is communicated internally and externally in employee, customer, and investor communications. In fiscal year 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched 760 total enforcement actions, including hundreds of stand-alone, follow-on, and individual actions running the gamut from failures of conduct to “first-of-their-kind” to cases charging trading securities law violations. Money ordered in SEC actions comprised over $6 billion, almost doubling the prior year's amount.What is the role of the compliance function in the pre-initial public offering company, and who owns it, how do you get started, and when do you start deploying resources? When the government or a plaintiff comes knocking on the door, what is the role of directors in managing the response? The panel explores what the role of the compliance function is and why directors should care.The NACD Private Company Compliance: Investigations, Regulations, and Litigation Webinar was sponsored by Foley and Partners Louis Lehot and Thomas Carlucci joined this discussion together with:* Claudia Fan Munce - Venture Advisor NEA, Board Member of Best Buy, Arteris.IP, BMO Financial Corp., Faculty at Stanford University Graduate School of Business* Scott Kupor - Managing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Lecturer, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; Board Director, Cedar, Headway, Pearl Health, Ultima Genomics, Foursquare, Labster, Journera, SnapLogic, MIO Partners, The Global Impact Investing Network, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Genesys Works* Jeff Thomas - Executive Vice President, Corporate Platforms, Nasdaq, Inc. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit louislehotattorney.substack.com
The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited doubled-down on our Healthy Firm model. But what, exactly, is it? Join us for another stop on our podcast book tour. This week we're diving into recruiting, building, and retaining Healthy Teams. Stephanie talks with Aaron Elinoff, Labster and managing partner of Novo Legal Group, about how he guided his team to define who they are and how a breakthrough at a team retreat helped identify his firm's vision and goals. Learn the steps he took to get his team aligned, moving in the same direction, and keep momentum. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Posh Virtual Receptionists, Clio, & LawPay for sponsoring this episode.
The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited doubled-down on our Healthy Firm model. But what, exactly, is it? Join us for another stop on our podcast book tour. This week we're diving into recruiting, building, and retaining Healthy Teams. Stephanie talks with Aaron Elinoff, Labster and managing partner of Novo Legal Group, about how he guided his team to define who they are and how a breakthrough at a team retreat helped identify his firm's vision and goals. Learn the steps he took to get his team aligned, moving in the same direction, and keep momentum. Links from the episode: If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Posh Virtual Receptionists, Clio, & LawPay for sponsoring this episode.
Venture Unlocked: The playbook for venture capital managers.
Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.This week we're joined by Scott Kupor, Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Scott was the first employee of the firm alongside Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. He has been instrumental in the firm's growth to now having north of $35B in AUM. Scott also authored a Wall Street Journal bestselling book called Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It, and previously also served as chairman of the board of the NVCA. Scott goes through the history of a16z and the learnings along the way in building the multi-product investment company it is today.Frank, Rimerman + Co.'s history is closely intertwined with that of Silicon Valley. With humble beginnings similar to so many start-ups, Frank, Rimerman was formed with a desire to serve the entrepreneurial and venture communities of the Valley and the determination to think outside-the-box.When it comes to venture funds, we work with almost 500 VC groups from over 20 states across the USA. We have worked with over 400 fund groups during their first year of operations, making us one of the leading providers in the country to emerging managers.No one wants to be bored at work. That's why we chose to work with some of the most innovative and creative people – people who are changing the world around us every day. Their excitement fuels our passion and determination to grow and serve this special community.Frank, Rimerman + Co, Passion Works Here.www.frankrimerman.comAbout Scott Kupor:Scott Kupor is Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, focused on growth-stage companies building in the bio and healthcare industries, manages the firm's investor relations team, and is responsible for the firm's growth initiatives. Scott was the first employee at Andreessen Horowitz and managed the firm's growth from $300 million in AUM to more than $30 billion. Prior to joining the firm, Scott worked Hewlett Packard, Opsware, and represented startups through M&A processes. Scott is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book, Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It, and serves on the boards of Cedar, Headway, Foursquare, Labster, Ultima, and SnapLogic. He also served as chairman of the board for the National Venture Capital Association.Scott earned a bachelor's degree and a JD from Stanford University.In this episode, we discuss:(02:24) Scott's journey to a16z(04:52) Lessons from the dotcom bubble (08:29) Why the original thesis for a16z was so different(12:33) How Mike Ovitz and CAA inspired them(16:44) Early days building the firm and recruiting the team(20:26) Running the firm like a startup(25:58) Challenges of building and maintaining a culture(30:01) Building cohesion with a global workforce and work from home(33:18) What “founder-friendly” means at a16z(36:34) Advice for new managers(40:49) Where we are in the current market cycle(44:59) The advice Scott would give e himself as a new graduate.I'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with Scott. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com
Robin Daniels is an experienced executive with a proven track record in growth, marketing, GTM, and leadership development. He has spent over 20 years in the US and UK, holding executive leadership roles in high-growth companies of all sizes, including Matterport, WeWork, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Box, Veritas, and Vera.As a fractional and consultative Growth, Marketing, and Leadership Advisor, Robin helps businesses deliver epic results through innovative, fun, and highly differentiated activities while empowering people and teams to do the best work of their lives. He provides advisory services such as narrative development, go-to-market strategy, public speaking, leadership development, organizational development, executive and leadership hiring, product marketing, sales enablement, and competitive programs.Robin has advised companies such as Uizard, Labster, Radious, and Rhombus Systems on their growth and GTM strategy. His areas of expertise include growth strategy, product marketing, communications and media, go-to-market strategies, org design, leadership development, innovation management, mergers & acquisitions, leadership, category creation, brand building, public speaking, and sales transformation.Support the showFollow me on Facebook ⬇️https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal❤️ ID - Manuj Aggarwal■ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/ ■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realmanuj■ Instagram: ...
Robin Daniels is an executive with expertise in growth, marketing, GTM strategies, and leadership development. He offers advisory services and holds board roles for companies, specializing in narrative development, go-to-market strategy, public speaking, leadership development, and executive hiring. He has held leadership positions in high-growth companies such as Matterport, WeWork, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Box, Veritas, and Vera. Robin's expertise lies in growth strategy, product marketing, go-to-market strategies, org design, innovation management, mergers & acquisitions, category creation, brand building, public speaking, and sales transformation. He advises companies such as Uizard, Labster, Radious, and Rhombus Systems. Robin is originally from Copenhagen and enjoys running and watching movies. Meet Robin Daniels: https://www.robindaniels.co/ Watch the Full Interview: https://youtu.be/h_1ph5VBUBs Gain valuable insights on entrepreneurship, leadership, and hiring with "The Riderflex Guide: Inspiring & Hiring" - 30+ years of experience packed into one book. Get your copy today at https://amzn.to/3N16Y4M. Listen to real stories from successful business leaders, CEOs, and entrepreneurs on the Riderflex podcast hosted by CEO Steve Urban. Trust Riderflex, a premier headhunter and employment agency based in Colorado, to recruit top talent for your team. Visit https://riderflex.com/ to learn more about our executive recruiting services. #growthstrategy #gotomarket #marketing #leadership #motivation #riderflexpodcast #careeradvice #Podcast #entrepreneur #ColoradoRecruitingFirm #recruiting #Colorado #National #Riderflex #TalentAcquisition #Employment #JobTips #ResumeTips Podcast sponsor: Marketing 360 is the #1 platform for small businesses, and it's everything you need to grow your business. marketing360.com/riderflex --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/riderflex/support
Bonnie Nieves and SJ Boulton are joining me Saturday morning, and we'll show you how Labster Virtual Lab has taken education to the next level. This incredible platform combines cutting-edge simulations with real-world scenarios that let students acquire knowledge and gain experience that they would otherwise never be able to. It's a step forward in modern learning, so don't sleep - tune in to hear what it can do! Trust me; you don't want to miss out on this! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/myedtechlife/support
In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute in der Rubrik „VC Talk“ Fabian Heilemann, Co-Founder und CEO von Aenu. Aenu ist ein Impact Fund, der in nachhaltige Climate-Techs und Social Impact Startups in Europa und den USA investiert. Ziel des VCs ist es, einen systemischen Wandel im Bereich der Risikokapitalgesellschaften zu erreichen, indem sie vormachen, in sinnstiftende Unternehmen zu investieren, die eine positive Wirkung haben und gleichzeitig hohe Renditen im oberen Quartil erreichen. Aenu wurde im Jahr 2022 von den Brüdern Ferry Heilemann und Fabian Heilemann in Berlin gegründet. Die Gründung fand im Rahmen der Umwandlung des Investment Family Offices Pirate Impact statt, welches von den Gebrüdern Heilemann im Jahr 2016 gegründet wurde. In der Vergangenheit haben die beiden Founder auch bereits die Gutscheinplattform Dailydeal ins Leben gerufen und u.a. an Google verkauft. Das 12-köpfige Team des Risikokapitalgebers wird von strategischen Advisors unterstützt. Dazu zählen namentlich u.a. Verena Pausder, Prof. Dr. Burkhard Schwenker, Dr. h. c. Beate Heraeus, Professor Dr. Ottmar Edenhofer, Prof. Dr. Dennis Snower, Friederike von Waldenfels und David Goldberg. Aenu hat nun seinen ersten Evergreen Impact Tech Fund mit einem Startvolumen von 100 Millionen Euro lanciert. Er konzentriert sich auf langfristige Investitionen in Unternehmen mit Sitz in der EU und den USA, die zur Lösung der Klimakrise und zur Förderung der sozialen Gleichheit beitragen. Dafür setzt der Fonds strenge wissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitskriterien an, die von seinem internen Impact-Team festgelegt werden. So sollen Technologien unterstützt werden, die das Potenzial haben, in einem großen Maßstab CO2 vermeiden oder beseitigen bzw. alternativ die Lebensqualität von Millionen von Menschen erheblich verbessern zu können. Der Fonds soll Unternehmen in jeder Wachstumsphase mit Beträgen zwischen 500.000 Euro und 5 Millionen Euro unterstützen. Das erste Closing des Fonds war zu 60 % überzeichnet. Es konnten bisher nur befreundete Investoren und Unternehmen auf Einladungsbasis teilnehmen. Dazu gehören das Hamburger Family Office E.R. Capital, Unicorn-CEOs wie Lawrence Leuschner, Michael Wax und Niklas Zenstrom, sowie eine Reihe weiterer deutscher Family Offices. Die beiden Gründer haben zudem selbst in den Fonds investiert. In den kommenden Quartalen wird dieser schrittweise für den breiteren Markt geöffnet. Bis 2026 ist ein verwaltetes Kapital von über 500 Millionen Euro geplant. Das bereits bestehende Portfolio besteht u.a. aus Heirloom, Labster, Monta, Next Gen Foods und XFuel. One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 15€ Amazon Gutschein.
In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit Dorothee Monschau, Head of Brand von Preply, über die erfolgreiche Series-C-Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 50 Millionen US-Dollar. Preply ist eine globale Online-Sprachlernplattform, auf der hunderttausende Lernende von rund 32.000 Lehrenden in mehr als 50 Sprachen unterrichtet werden. Die Mehrheit der Lehrenden stammen aus Deutschland, Österreich, der Ukraine, der Schweiz, Russland, Polen und Serbien. Im Privatkundengeschäft hat sich die Zahl der User seit 2020 vervierfacht und im Geschäftskundengeschäft gab es alleine im Jahr 2021 eine Verdreifachung. Zu dem Kundenstamm gehören u.a. McKinsey, Mercedes und TikTok. Preply wurde im Jahr 2012 von Dmytro Voloshyn, Kirill Bigai und Serge Lukianov in Kiew gegründet. Die Hauptniederlassungen liegen jedoch in den USA und Europa. Im Rahmen des Krieges in der Ukraine hat die Sprachlernplattform einige Initiativen zur ukrainischen Unterstützung gestartet. Dazu gehört u.a. die Kampagne „Botschaften für die Ukraine“, bei der über 7.000 Unterstützungsnachrichten aus über 80 Sprachen ins Ukrainische übersetzt wurden. Mittlerweile arbeiten mehr als 400 Mitarbeitende aus 58 Nationen in 30 Ländern für das junge Unternehmen. In einer Series-C-Finanzierungsrunde hat Preply nun 50 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Der EdTech Investor mit Sitz in San Francisco namens Owl Ventures hat die Finanzierungsrunde angeführt. Mit einem verwalteten Kapital von über 2 Milliarden US-Dollar zählt der Risikokapitalgeber zum volumenstärksten VC im Bereich der Bildungstechnologie. Zu den Portfoliounternehmen gehören u.a. Labster, Quizlet, Workera, uLesson, Untapped, Tinkergarten, BetterLesson, Byjus, Degreed, Dreambox, MasterClass, Raftr, Hazel, Imbellus und Thrive. Weitere Investoren sind Swisscom Ventures und Orbit Capital. Die Bestandsinvestoren Diligent Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Educapital und Evli Growth Partners unterstützten ebenfalls die Serie C. Zudem beteiligte sich der Business Angel Przemyslaw Gacek, der u.a. Grupa Pracuj mitgegründet hat. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte Preply das internationale Wachstum weiter vorantreiben. One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 15€ Amazon Gutschein.
In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit David Löwe, Co-Founder von Everdrop, über eine erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Gesamthöhe von 80 Millionen Euro. Everdrop stellt Haushaltsprodukte und Naturkosmetik-zertifizierte Pflegeprodukte für einen nachhaltigen Lifestyle her und verzichtet dabei vollkommen auf Einwegplastik und nicht notwendige chemische Substanzen. Durch die Produkte konnten nach Unternehmensangaben rund 7 Millionen Einweg-Plastikflaschen und mehr als 1000 Tonnen unnötige Chemie eingespart werden. Zudem habe das Startup die CO2-Emissionen beim Transport um bis zu 95% reduzieren können. Die Produkte sind im DACH-Raum, Italien und Frankreich verfügbar und können direkt online, als Abo-Modell oder bei Retailpartnern erworben werden. Zu diesen Partnern gehören u.a. DM, Rossmann, Budnikowsky, Edeka, Tchibo und Alnatura. Everdrop wurde im Jahr 2019 von Christian Becker, Daniel Schmitt-Haverkamp und David Löwe in München gegründet und beschäftigt ca. 45 Mitarbeitende. In einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde hat das junge Unternehmen für mehr Nachhaltigkeit nun 80 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Der belgische Growth Investor Sofina, der Impact Fund der B Corp-zertifizierten Schweizer Bankengruppe Lombard Odier und der Venture Lending-Partner TriplePoint Capital aus dem Silicon Valley haben die Runde angeführt. Sofina ist eine mehr als 120 Jahre bestehende Investmentgesellschaft, die an der Euronext Brüssel notiert ist und ein Vermögen von ca. 11 Milliarden Euro verwaltet. Zum Portfolio von Sofina gehört u.a. Gorillas, Typeform, Ankorstore, Moody, Lemonilo, DeHaat, SellerX, Tessian, Oviva, Petkit, Twin, Reetoo, Dott, Vinted, K12, Forma, Lenskart, Graphcore, Medgenome, ThoughtSpot, Act, PineLabs, Spartoo und Labster. Die Bestandsinvestoren Felix Capital, der u.a. HungryPanda, Allplants, Deliveroo, Re:cap, YFood und Spotify (Exit) im Portfolio hat, HV Capital, der u.a. in Penta, Flixbus, Ottonova, Zalando, Delivery Hero und Hello Fresh investiert hat, und Vorwerk Ventures, der u.a. in Nilo.health, Plantura, Boon, Zapp, Sharpist und Mädchen Flohmarkt investierte, haben sich ebenfalls der Serie B angeschlossen. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte Everdrop die nachhaltigen Alltagsprodukte in mehr internationale Märkte einbringen und die Produktvielfalt erweitern. One more thing wird präsentiert von OMR Reviews – Finde die richtige Software für Dein Business. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews unter https://moin.omr.com/insider. Dafür erhältst du einen 15€ Amazon Gutschein.
In der Mittagsfolge sprechen wir heute mit David Löwe, Co-Founder von Everdrop, über eine erfolgreich abgeschlossene Finanzierungsrunde in Gesamthöhe von 80 Millionen Euro. Everdrop stellt Haushaltsprodukte und Naturkosmetik-zertifizierte Pflegeprodukte für einen nachhaltigen Lifestyle her und verzichtet dabei vollkommen auf Einwegplastik und nicht notwendige chemische Substanzen. Durch die Produkte konnten nach Unternehmensangaben rund 7 Millionen Einweg-Plastikflaschen und mehr als 1000 Tonnen unnötige Chemie eingespart werden. Zudem habe das Startup die CO2-Emissionen beim Transport um bis zu 95% reduzieren können. Die Produkte sind im DACH-Raum, Italien und Frankreich verfügbar und können direkt online, als Abo-Modell oder bei Retailpartnern erworben werden. Zu diesen Partnern gehören u.a. DM, Rossmann, Budnikowsky, Edeka, Tchibo und Alnatura. Everdrop wurde im Jahr 2019 von Christian Becker, Daniel Schmitt-Haverkamp und David Löwe in München gegründet und beschäftigt ca. 45 Mitarbeitende. In einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde hat das junge Unternehmen für mehr Nachhaltigkeit nun 80 Millionen Euro eingesammelt. Der belgische Growth Investor Sofina, der Impact Fund der B Corp-zertifizierten Schweizer Bankengruppe Lombard Odier und der Venture Lending-Partner TriplePoint Capital aus dem Silicon Valley haben die Runde angeführt. Sofina ist eine mehr als 120 Jahre bestehende Investmentgesellschaft, die an der Euronext Brüssel notiert ist und ein Vermögen von ca. 11 Milliarden Euro verwaltet. Zum Portfolio von Sofina gehört u.a. Gorillas, Typeform, Ankorstore, Moody, Lemonilo, DeHaat, SellerX, Tessian, Oviva, Petkit, Twin, Reetoo, Dott, Vinted, K12, Forma, Lenskart, Graphcore, Medgenome, ThoughtSpot, Act, PineLabs, Spartoo und Labster. Die Bestandsinvestoren Felix Capital, der u.a. HungryPanda, Allplants, Deliveroo, Re:cap, YFood und Spotify (Exit) im Portfolio hat, HV Capital, der u.a. in Penta, Flixbus, Ottonova, Zalando, Delivery Hero und Hello Fresh investiert hat, und Vorwerk Ventures, der u.a. in Nilo.health, Plantura, Boon, Zapp, Sharpist und Mädchen Flohmarkt investierte, haben sich ebenfalls der Serie B angeschlossen. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte Everdrop die nachhaltigen Alltagsprodukte in mehr internationale Märkte einbringen und die Produktvielfalt erweitern.
Maaroof Fakhri, Head of K12 Education at Labster joins the podcast to discuss immersive education in the metaverse, and why “productive failure” is where the best learning happens. Guest Links Labster Learn more about Raising Problem Solvers by subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, our website, or anywhere you get podcasts. Have an idea for the show? Visit aops.com/podcast and let us know!
In this episode, science and STEM education expert, Maaroof Fakhri, joins to discuss how every student can benefit from STEM Education. You'll also hear about Labster, a dynamic digital resource that brings state of the art science labs to students. And we'll talk about how virtual science labs offer an engaging way for students to interact with STEM concepts, add value to a student experience, and help students develop skills for all parts of their life! Show notes: https://classtechtips.com/2022/06/19/stem-education-bonus/ Sponsored by Labster: https://www.labster.com/ Follow Labster on Twitter: https://twitter.com/labster Follow Monica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/classtechtips/ Get access to lots of free EdTech resources: https://classtechtips.com/free-stuff-favorites/
In der Mittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Matti Niebelschütz, Co-Founder und MD von CoachHub, und sprechen mit ihm über die erfolgreiche Series-C-Finanzierungsrunde in Gesamthöhe von 200 Millionen US-Dollar. CoachHub ist eine Talententwicklungsplattform, auf der Coaching-Programme für die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter aller Karrierelevel erstellt werden können. Der globale Coach-Pool umfasst mehr als 3.500 zertifizierte Business-Coaches in 90 Ländern, die Coachings in über 60 Sprachen anbieten und mehr als 500 Kundinnen und Kunden betreuen. Die Programme basieren auf der Forschung und Entwicklung des Coaching Labs, das von Prof. Jonathan Passmore geleitet wird und 30 Verhaltenswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler beschäftigt. Im September 2021 übernahm Das Coaching Startup den französischen Digital-Coaching-Pionier MoovOne und im Februar 2022 die Coaching-Sparte von Klaiton in Österreich. CoachHub wurde im Jahr 2018 von den Brüdern Matti und Yannis Niebelschütz in Berlin gegründet. In einer Series-C-Finanzierungsrunde hat CoachHub nun 200 Millionen US-Dollar eingesammelt. Dabei haben Sofina und Softbank Vision Fund 2 die Runde angeführt. Sofina ist eine familiengeführte Investmentgesellschaft, die an der Euronext Brüssel notiert ist und ein Vermögen von ca. 11 Milliarden Euro verwaltet. Zum Portfolio von Sofina gehört u.a. Gorillas, Typeform, Ankorstore, Moody, Lemonilo, DeHaat, SellerX, Tessian, Oviva, Petkit, Twin, Reetoo, Dott, Vinted, K12, Forma, Lenskart, Graphcore, Medgenome, ThoughtSpot, Act, PineLabs, Spartoo und Labster. Softbank ist ein japanischer Tech-Konzern, der mit seinem zweiten Vision Fund über 108 Milliarden US-Dollar in Startups investiert. Neben den 38 Milliarden US-Dollar, die Softbank diesem Fonds selbst beisteuert, beteiligten sich auch Unternehmen wie Microsoft oder Apple an dem Kapital. Mit den Vision Fonds wurde u.a. in Unternehmen wie Uber, eToro, Nvidia, ByteDance, Cruise, Fanatics, Flipkart, Rappi, Swiggy, WeWork, Katerra, Mapbox, Opendoor, DoorDash und Slack investiert. Des Weiteren beteiligten sich auch die bestehenden Investoren Molten Ventures, Speedinvest, HV Capital, Signals Venture Capital und Silicon Valley Bank/ SVB Capital. Mit dem frischen Kapital möchte CoachHub sein Produkt weiterentwickeln und den Vertrieb ausbauen, um die globale Expansion zu beschleunigen.
We are delighted to be joined by Michael Bodekaer, CEO of $100 million edtech company Labster. Michael discusses how his product can benefit teachers and students, the implications of the Metaverse on education and how failure can be productive.
Overview Tune in for Ep.7 of Employer Branding: The Inside Podcast, Season 4! In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Roxana Dobrescu, Chief People Officer at Labster. We talked about the importance of diversity & inclusion in strengthening company culture, maintaining a vibrant work environment when working from home, but also about holacracy, a cultural footprint that helps build truly autonomous teams. Enjoy! What you'll learn by listeningThe importance of diversity & inclusion in strengthening company cultureLeadership involvement in shaping company cultureWorking remotely: making things work across different countries & continents Guidelines for maintaining a vibrant work environment when working from homeAn overview of holacracy, a cultural footprint Trust & flexibility at work: building resilience to succeedAbout the companyLabster is a fast-moving, award-winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science is taught to students all over the world. Virtual labs are simulated learning environments that allow students to complete laboratory experiments online and explore abstract concepts and difficult theories without stepping into a physical science lab.
Os laboratórios virtuais da Labster permitem a alunos de secundário e universitários desempenhar experiências científicas, num ambiente realista, mas sem riscos. Os professores podem acompanhar cada aluno individualmente através do Labster Portal e ajustar o plano de aulas imersivas.
Os laboratórios virtuais da Labster permitem a alunos de secundário e universitários desempenhar experiências científicas, num ambiente realista, mas sem riscos. Os professores podem acompanhar cada aluno individualmente através do Labster Portal e ajustar o plano de aulas imersivas. Saiba mais sobre inovação e nova economia em supertoast.pt.
Michael Bodekaer Jensen, Founder and CEO at Labster, joins the podcast to talk about virtual lab simulations and the academic outcomes of bringing the metaverse to the higher ed classroom.
On this episode of The Shape of Work podcast, our guest is Roxana Dobrescu, Vice President- People and Culture at Labster, a visual learning platform providing virtual science education.With more than 16 years of working across functions like recruiting, organizational development, people and culture, Roxana believes in humanized companies with core values of openness, trust, generosity and courage.With a background that extensive, it is no surprise this episode covers a lot of ground:How to create a culture of transparency and openness at your organizationBenefits of visual learning over traditional learning styleDiversity hiring strategiesTop challenges of diversity in the workplaceThe blend between online and offline learning: Labster's mission is to not replace teaching or the happening of the classrooms. They consider it important and are willing to improve it through their services. It is impossible to customize learning considering every single student. Hence, they are supporting teachers by ensuring a 360-degree approach to scientific learning. The productivity has increased by three times. Roxana feels that it is just the beginning of the blend between online and offline learning.People managers create a culture of being open:Creating a culture of openness revolves around creating a culture of trust. Thus an organization needs to build a trustworthy and open culture. Labster maintains an open mind and shared accountability. To build trust, leaders need to show it first. Roxana further talks about transparency and how it ensures a clear purpose and decision-making process. “To build trust in a team, be part of the team.”- that is how Roxana looks at leadership.Continuous learning culture in an organization:Building a continuous learning culture is one of Roxana's missions. She considers it as the only way to grow. There are plenty of extremely talented people who get comfortable with their roles and do not feel the need to learn. Hence, the company must focus on regularly updating these people with skills and trends. Moreover, Roxana throws light on the need for an efficient feedback process. Humans tend to give positive feedback, but they cannot give constructive feedback. Thus Labster trains its employees for sending and receiving effective feedback. Leaders also must ensure good feedback. They should ensure effective learning, sharing of best practices, creating focus groups, have research meetings, and other such practices. The company needs to make time for its team members.Maintaining diversity in the hiring process: Diversity and Inclusion should be ingrained in the company strategy rather than the HR strategy. In Roxana's company, the hiring process revolves around ‘culture add' and not ‘culture fit.' They assess if every candidate is adding value to the company in terms of skills, attitudes, experience, and outlooks. Each team member needs to be learning from the other. In addition, people need to train themselves to avoid bias. Labster holds a diverse interview committee with interviewers from different backgrounds. Follow Roxana on LinkedInProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast host: Rohan MankadGet highlights of this episode from our blog.
Use of Online laboratories in science and engineering classes during the pandemic became widespread by necessity. Many STEM instructors had to experiment with and transition to different types of online laboratories, such as remote, augmented reality or virtual. In this conversation, Dr. Dominik May talks to us about the background of online laboratory development, their use in engineering classes during a shift to online teaching, and shares insights about the future of flexible learning where online experimentation can offer opportunities for greater engagement in the learning process.Reference(s) mentioned in this episode:May, D., Terkowsky, C., Boehringer, D., & Varney, V. (Eds.). (in preparation). Online Laboratories in Higher Engineering Education: Solutions, Challenges, and Future Directions from a Pedagogical Perspective (Special Issue of the European Journal of Engineering Education): European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI). May, D., Jahnke, I., & Moore, S. L. (Eds.). (in preparation). Online Labs and Virtual Experimentation in Higher Education (Special Issue of Journal of Computing in Higher Education - JCHE): Springer. May, D. (2020). Cross Reality Spaces in Engineering Education–Online Laboratories for Supporting International Student Collaboration in Merging Realities. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 16(03), 4-26. Li, R., Morelock, J. R., & May, D. (2020). A Comparative Study of An Online Lab Using Labsland and Zoom during COVID-19. Advances in Engineering Education, 8(4), 1-10. Retrieved from https://advances.asee.org/a-comparative-study-of-an-online-lab-using-labsland-and-zoom-during-covid-19/ LabsLand, company developing and hosting remote labs: https://labsland.com/en Labster, company developing and hosting virtual labs: https://www.labster.comEMONA Tims, company selling remote lab equipment for electrical engineering: https://www.emona-tims.com/emona-product/distance-learning-labs/?doing_wp_cron=1622639477.7552559375762939453125 Bio:Dr. May is an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Education Transformations Institute. He researches online and intercultural engineering education. His primary research focus lies on the development, introduction, practical use, and educational value of online laboratories (remote, virtual, and cross-reality) and online experimentation in engineering instruction. In his work, he focuses on developing broader educational strategies for the design and use of online engineering equipment, putting these into practice and provide the evidence base for further development efforts. Moreover, Dr. May is developing instructional concepts to bring students into international study contexts so that they can experience intercultural collaboration and develop respective competences.
Lawyerist Lab coach Stephanie Everett interviews Lab member Aaron Thomas about their lab journey and what they're currently dealing with in their small firm. If today's podcast resonates with you and you haven't read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Timesolv, ESQ.Marketing, CosmoLex, TextExpander, and Postali for sponsoring this episode.
Lawyerist Lab coach Stephanie Everett interviews Lab member Aaron Thomas about their lab journey and what they’re currently dealing with in their small firm. If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap yet, get the first chapter right now for free! Thanks to Timesolv, ESQ.Marketing, CosmoLex, TextExpander, and Postali for sponsoring this episode.
สื่ออังกฤษชี้หลักสูตร ‘ศิลปศาสตร์’ จะกลับมามีอนาคต ในช่วงวิกฤตโควิด-19 อุตสาหกรรมสร้างสรรค์ในประเทศอังกฤษได้รับผลกระทบอย่างหนัก แต่ผู้คนในแวดวงวิชาการยังเชื่อมั่นว่าหลักสูตรปริญญาโทด้านศิลปศาสตร์และมนุษยศาสตร์ยังเป็นที่ต้องการในอนาคต เนื่องด้วยความยืดหยุ่น และทักษะพิเศษต่างๆ ที่หุ่นยนต์ยังทำแทนมนุษย์ไม่ได้ . Labster พลิกโฉมห้องเรียนวิทย์ให้สนุกสุดฤทธิ์ด้วย VR สตาร์ทอัปสัญชาติสวีเดน Labster ระดมทุนครั้งใหญ่กว่า 1,800 ล้านบาท ตั้งเป้าพัฒนาแพลตฟอร์มห้องแล็บเสมือนจริงให้แก่เด็กนักเรียนทั่วโลก พร้อมเผยแรงบันดาลใจของ 2 หนุ่มผู้ก่อตั้ง แมดส์ บอนเด และมิเคล เยนเซน ที่วาดหวังว่าจะนำเทคโนโลยี VR มาปฏิรูปการเรียนวิชาวิทยาศาสตร์ให้สนุกและมีประสิทธิภาพ . ผลสำรวจชี้บริการคอมพิวเตอร์ห้องสมุดมีส่วนช่วยฟื้นฟูเศรษฐกิจอังกฤษ ผลสำรวจจากโครงการ Netloan ที่ส่งเสริมการเข้าถึงบริการคอมพิวเตอร์ของห้องสมุดประชาชนในประเทศอังกฤษ ระบุว่า บรรณารักษ์กว่า 90% มีส่วนร่วมในการให้บริการต่างๆ เช่น การให้ยืมใช้งานเครื่องพีซี หรือการพิมพ์เอกสาร ที่ช่วยอำนวยความสะดวกแก่ประชาชนในการสมัครงาน หรือรับบริการจากภาครัฐ . ‘ทาริน’ นักวิจัยหญิงไทยดังไกลถึงญี่ปุ่น คว้าทุนพัฒนาแอปถอดอักษรโบราณ เรื่องราวของ ทาริน คลานุวัฒน์ นักวิชาการด้านภาษาศาสตร์ จากจุดเริ่มต้นของการอ่านมังงะที่ดัดแปลงจากตำนานเก็นจิ กลายเป็นแรงบันดาลใจที่ผลักดันเธอไปสู่การศึกษาต่อที่ประเทศญี่ปุ่น การค้นคว้าอย่างจริงจังของเธอนำไปสู่การต่อยอดพัฒนาแอป Kuronet ที่นำ Machine Learning มาช่วยในการถอดอักษรหวัดคุซุชิจิในม้วนคัมภีร์โบราณ นวัตกรรมของทารินโดดเด่นเสียจนได้รับทุนวิจัยจาก JST และจะได้ร่วมงานในโครงการของ Google Japan
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David Helgason is the Founder @ Unity, the company that gives content creators the tools to create innovative RT3D experiences and deliver better processes for almost every industry. Prior to their IPO in 2020, Unity raised from the likes of Sequoia, Thrive, DFJ, SilverLake and then individuals including Max Levchin and VMWare's Diane Greene. If that was not enough, David is currently a Partner @ Nordic Makers, a group of ten top Nordic angels working together to be the best angel investors in the Nordics. David also serves on the board of Labster, Realm.io and Quizup. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How David made his way from founding Unity in a cafe in Denmark to the $10Bn+ public company it is today? 2.) How would David describe his leadership style? How has it changed over time? What were the biggest challenges David faced as the Founding CEO? 3.) What was the decision-making behind David's transition out of the CEO role? What was challenging? What was key to make the transition successful? How did David know John Riccitiello was the right person for the role? How does David advise other founders contemplating the same? 4.) How does David analyse his own board management style? What are the most important elements a board member can do to help the company and founder? What makes Roelof Botha such a special board member to have? How does David advise new board members today to be successful? 5.) Why does David believe running a company is like a liberal art? How does David think about the importance of vision? How does David assess the current state of the European tech landscape? What can be done to improve it? How can investor approach change for the better? As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.
Making learning fun is hard, especially in this day and age where you have to compete with social media and games for students' attention. What's even harder is to do so and get a better learning outcome. The hardest is to make it into a scalable business. This is what Michael and his co-founder Mads are trying to do with their startup Labster, a leading virtual science lab provider based in Copenhagen. Their vision is to radically improve science education so future scientists can solve big problems that we cannot solve. The startup world is never short of grand vision like this. What's rare is the passion and patience to follow through, which you will hear from Michael's story in this episode. You will also hear Hans and Michael discuss the role Covid played in the company's growth, why science education is actually a global challenge, and what separates a platform business from a content one. Labster is GGV's first investment in Europe. The deal happened during Covid-19 entirely online. Jenny and Hans led GGV's investment into the company. For the full transcript of the show, go to nextbn.ggvc.com Join our listeners' community, go to nextbn.ggvc.com/community
Making learning fun is hard, especially in this day and age where you have to compete with social media and games for students' attention. What's even harder is to do so and get a better learning outcome. The hardest is to make it into a scalable business. This is what Michael and his co-founder Mads are trying to do with their startup Labster, a leading virtual science lab provider based in Copenhagen. Their vision is to radically improve science education so future scientists can solve big problems that we cannot solve. The startup world is never short of grand vision like this. What's rare is the passion and patience to follow through, which you will hear from Michael's story in this episode. You will also hear Hans and Michael discuss the role Covid played in the company's growth, why science education is actually a global challenge, and what separates a platform business from a content one. Labster is GGV's first investment in Europe. The deal happened during Covid-19 entirely online. Jenny and Hans led GGV's investment into the company. For the full transcript of the show, go to nextbn.ggvc.com Join our listeners' community, go to nextbn.ggvc.com/community
Edtech just keeps on booming. Today, Owl Ventures, a San Francisco-based education technology fund whose portfolio includes Byju's, Labster, Masterclass and Quizlet, announced that it has closed a pair of investment vehicles totaling $585 million. Owl Ventures IV is a $415 million investment vehicle which will be used to invest in edtech startups Series A […]
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.What happens when the entire podcast crew is a bit tired from, you know, everything, and does its very best? This episode, apparently. A big thanks to Chris Gates for helping us trim the fat and make something good for you.Before we get into the topics of the week, don't forget that Equity is not back on YouTube most weeks, so if you wanted to see us do the talking with some fun extra from the production team, you can do so here. More to come once I get my new external camera to work.That done, here's what Natasha and Danny and I got into this week:The public markets are afire these days with Apple reaching $2 trillion in market cap, and Tesla's stock doing all sorts of odd things. In short, stocks have only gone up for a while and that means that there's warm, nigh-stuffy temperatures around assets of all types.This is leading to a surge in liquidity, unsurprisingly, as asset managers of all types look to take advantage of the times. So, Asana is prepping a direct listing, Airbnb has filed privately, And ThredUp is eyeing an early-2021 IPO. Around the same time as Coinbase, we'd reckon.Airbnb banned parties as well, which wound up being the title of the show.And SPACs are still happening in rapid-fire fashion. The Equity crew is not super impressed about the whole affair, but I'll say that with Paul "Fucking" Ryan involved, it's probably a sign of the top.And capping the liquidity chat, Natasha ran us through what Chamath is up to now, and Danny rabbited on about Kabbage.Funding rounds! Welcome raised a $1.4 million check that I covered, Labster raised $9 million that Natasha wrote about, Carrot Fertility picked up $24 million that we all thought was pretty smart, and our friends at Crunchbase News wrote about PadSplit, which is honestly neat but we ran low on time after spending too much time on SPACs. Check them out here.Whew! We're doing a lot over at TechCrunch.com, so, stay tuned and know that if we were a bit frazzled this week it's because we're working our backends off to bring you neat things. You will dig 'em.Ok, chat Monday, a show that we're already planning. Stay cool!
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.What happens when the entire podcast crew is a bit tired from, you know, everything, and does its very best? This episode, apparently. A big thanks to Chris Gates for helping us trim the fat and make something good for you.Before we get into the topics of the week, don't forget that Equity is not back on YouTube most weeks, so if you wanted to see us do the talking with some fun extra from the production team, you can do so here. More to come once I get my new external camera to work.That done, here's what Natasha and Danny and I got into this week:The public markets are afire these days with Apple reaching $2 trillion in market cap, and Tesla's stock doing all sorts of odd things. In short, stocks have only gone up for a while and that means that there's warm, nigh-stuffy temperatures around assets of all types.This is leading to a surge in liquidity, unsurprisingly, as asset managers of all types look to take advantage of the times. So, Asana is prepping a direct listing, Airbnb has filed privately, And ThredUp is eyeing an early-2021 IPO. Around the same time as Coinbase, we'd reckon.Airbnb banned parties as well, which wound up being the title of the show.And SPACs are still happening in rapid-fire fashion. The Equity crew is not super impressed about the whole affair, but I'll say that with Paul "Fucking" Ryan involved, it's probably a sign of the top.And capping the liquidity chat, Natasha ran us through what Chamath is up to now, and Danny rabbited on about Kabbage.Funding rounds! Welcome raised a $1.4 million check that I covered, Labster raised $9 million that Natasha wrote about, Carrot Fertility picked up $24 million that we all thought was pretty smart, and our friends at Crunchbase News wrote about PadSplit, which is honestly neat but we ran low on time after spending too much time on SPACs. Check them out here.Whew! We're doing a lot over at TechCrunch.com, so, stay tuned and know that if we were a bit frazzled this week it's because we're working our backends off to bring you neat things. You will dig 'em.Ok, chat Monday, a show that we're already planning. Stay cool!
You could Zoom call into your science class, or you could conduct a lab experiment in virtual reality. During the coronavirus pandemic, the latter has never felt more full of potential. The global need for learning solutions beyond Zoom is precisely why Labster, a Copenhagen-based startup that helps individuals engage in STEM lab scenarios using […]
In this episode, Sarah and Megha review 3 exciting startups building and utilizing innovative technologies to further educational opportunities, foster a more robust conversation around mental health, and address inequities in tech companies. Labster,...
Emma and Gil welcome game designer, educator, and birder Chidi Paige to discuss how games and play benefit education, how she designed her bird-themed game Birdwiser, and how competitive birdwatching has affected her as a person. SHOW NOTES 0m22s: From educationcloset.com: "STEAM Education is an approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics as access points for guiding student inquiry, dialogue, and critical thinking." It is an evolution of the older STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) approach in that it adds the arts. 1m29s: The Newark Museum in Newark, NJ. Fun fact: back when Chidi was working at the museum, Gil was a block away working at audible.com. Small world! 1m36s: Columbia University in New York, NY. 2m45s: Wonderstar Foundation has no web presence yet. Hopefully soon! 7m11s: ClassCraft 7m36s: Labster 8m01s: Chidi is referring to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for DNA replication, and to CRISPR for genome editing. 13m43s: Explorer's Program at the Newark Museum 23m06s: Our episode with Dr. Mary Flanagan was Ludology 226 - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo 23m43s: You can hear more from Elizabeth Hargrave on Ludology 203 - Winging It. 25m31s: The Big Year on IMDB. 27m29s: Sadly, we could not find the video that Emma mentioned! 30m40s: Chidi's web site for Birdwiser. 32m00s: Whot and Uno are variations on the public domain game Crazy Eights. 33m18s: Birdwiser’s illustrations are by Emily Willoughby, with graphics by Kristine Mathieson of Tropikality Designs 36m26s: Sibley and Peterson are two of the best-known bird guides out there. 38m43s: We discussed Emma's Infinite Potato Problem in Ludology 225 - A Study in Emma-rald. 41m09s: The site Chidi is referring to is Upwork, originally called oDesk. 42m29s: Gil is talking about his word game Wordsy. 42m45s: "Complexity Budget," an idea Richard Garfield popularized. 47m09s: More info about certifying your garden for wildlife. 50m01s: More info about the World Series of Birding. 1h00m05s: The scientists Chidi mentions are Eric Kandel and Richard Axel.
Labster CEO Michael Jensen was on XR for Learning not-too-long ago, talking about how XR can teach kids science in the classroom. Now he explains to Alan how that same technology is making professional training safer and more cost-effective. Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan Smithson here. Today we're speaking with Michael Jensen, CEO of Labster, a venture backed, award winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science and safety is taught at companies, universities, colleges, and high schools all over the world. They started with creating multimillion dollar science labs in a VR headset. And now they're ready to take on the enterprise training world. All that and more, coming up next on the XR for Business podcast. Michael, welcome to the show. Michael: Hey, Alan, thanks so much, honored to be here. Alan: It's my absolute pleasure to have you. I know you were on my partner and wife Julie's podcast, XR for Learning. And I learned all about how Labster is revolutionizing how we teach science, and making it more exciting, gamified, but also bringing the opportunity to create multi-million dollar science labs for the cost of a cup of coffee. So let's unpack that. Michael, how did you get into this? Michael: Yeah, so that actually started about nine years ago, when my co-founder and I saw an opportunity to create much more engaging online learning content for students and learners around the world. Basically, most people were learning in very boring, non-engaging formats as we saw it. And at the same time, we saw these billions of dollars being invested into the gaming industry to create really engaging games. And we thought, why not find a way to combine and merge the learning world and the gaming world in a more engaging way, so that we can engage learners in the content, make them more excited about the topics, but also use these mechanisms to help them understand some of these more complex concepts in a much better way. Alan: Walk people through what a typical Labster lab looks like, and why this is exciting. Michael: There's two main components that we really looked at. One is engagement -- as I just talked about -- and the other one is timesaving, cost savings. And so what we looked at was, how can we best address some of the biggest challenges in the industry by presently creating virtual training -- similar to a flight simulator that was revolutionizing pilot training -- and then create, for instance, virtual laboratories to simulate dangerous experiments or dangerous scenarios -- like safety training -- and then that way help the universities, in our case as well as high schools -- but now also corporates -- dramatically reduce their cost and saving, as well as the time spent on this training. And we did a huge research project now -- about two years ago -- a $6-million research project involving hundreds and hundreds of employees around the world in large pharma companies, to really analyze and understand, does this really help? Is there a way for us to create better, more engaging content? And if so, does that really help students or learners understand it better? And does it also help save costs? And the results were quite overwhelmingly positive, was published and peer reviewed -- among others -- in Nature magazine, where we saw more than a doubling of the learning outcomes, as well as engagement for learners, compared to -- for instance -- standard online e-learning training, or even personal one-on-one training. So even compared to a personal one-on-one trainer, we found that this virtual immersive training format can be far superior, both in costs, as
Labster CEO Michael Jensen was on XR for Learning not-too-long ago, talking about how XR can teach kids science in the classroom. Now he explains to Alan how that same technology is making professional training safer and more cost-effective. Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan Smithson here. Today we're speaking with Michael Jensen, CEO of Labster, a venture backed, award winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science and safety is taught at companies, universities, colleges, and high schools all over the world. They started with creating multimillion dollar science labs in a VR headset. And now they're ready to take on the enterprise training world. All that and more, coming up next on the XR for Business podcast. Michael, welcome to the show. Michael: Hey, Alan, thanks so much, honored to be here. Alan: It's my absolute pleasure to have you. I know you were on my partner and wife Julie's podcast, XR for Learning. And I learned all about how Labster is revolutionizing how we teach science, and making it more exciting, gamified, but also bringing the opportunity to create multi-million dollar science labs for the cost of a cup of coffee. So let's unpack that. Michael, how did you get into this? Michael: Yeah, so that actually started about nine years ago, when my co-founder and I saw an opportunity to create much more engaging online learning content for students and learners around the world. Basically, most people were learning in very boring, non-engaging formats as we saw it. And at the same time, we saw these billions of dollars being invested into the gaming industry to create really engaging games. And we thought, why not find a way to combine and merge the learning world and the gaming world in a more engaging way, so that we can engage learners in the content, make them more excited about the topics, but also use these mechanisms to help them understand some of these more complex concepts in a much better way. Alan: Walk people through what a typical Labster lab looks like, and why this is exciting. Michael: There's two main components that we really looked at. One is engagement -- as I just talked about -- and the other one is timesaving, cost savings. And so what we looked at was, how can we best address some of the biggest challenges in the industry by presently creating virtual training -- similar to a flight simulator that was revolutionizing pilot training -- and then create, for instance, virtual laboratories to simulate dangerous experiments or dangerous scenarios -- like safety training -- and then that way help the universities, in our case as well as high schools -- but now also corporates -- dramatically reduce their cost and saving, as well as the time spent on this training. And we did a huge research project now -- about two years ago -- a $6-million research project involving hundreds and hundreds of employees around the world in large pharma companies, to really analyze and understand, does this really help? Is there a way for us to create better, more engaging content? And if so, does that really help students or learners understand it better? And does it also help save costs? And the results were quite overwhelmingly positive, was published and peer reviewed -- among others -- in Nature magazine, where we saw more than a doubling of the learning outcomes, as well as engagement for learners, compared to -- for instance -- standard online e-learning training, or even personal one-on-one training. So even compared to a personal one-on-one trainer, we found that this virtual immersive training format can be far superior, both in costs, as
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week the Key Three were back with Danny Crichton, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Alex Wilhelm taking on the news while Chris Gates kept everything perfect.Alex apologizes for the math error you'll hear, naturally. 36 divided by four, is, of course, nine.Turning to the show, as has been the case every single week since we cannot recall when, we had a hell of a packed agenda.; there were new funds to talk about, there were rounds aplenty. As the unicorn era hands the baton to the COVID-19 downturn, there still more than we can get through each week.But we did manage all that follows:Lightspeed raised a host of new funds worth billions of dollars, including $1.83 billion in capital for later-stage deals and $1.5 billion to pour more capital into its international investments.Andreessen Horowitz wants to put together a second crypto-focused fund worth $450 million. That's more than last time, and we had questions.Corigin Ventures raised its first institutional fund at $36 million, effectively stepping out of complete control from its parent organization, Corigin Real Estate.Stripe raised $600 million more, at a flat valuation to its preceding round. The payments company is now worth around $36 billion. The news dropped out of nowhere, and probably means that the eventual Stripe IPO is far, far away.Robinhood isCarta, which helps manage equity for startups, laid off 16 percent of its staff as detailed in an emotional memo by the company's CEO Henry Ward. Then, the plot thickened when news broke that it's raising a new round of funding that would value it at $3 billion.Lucid and Everee, two Utah-based companies raised capital this week, right after we saw Podium raise the week before. $52 million for Lucid, makers of Lucidchart, and $10 million fo Everee, a payroll software startup with a fun twist.But we weren't done yet, as we had to talk about Airbnb's new debt work; Danny made the point that it's hardly cheap capital for the firm to raise, possibly adding pressure to Airbnb later on. This is another company that will not go public in 2020.Savi raised $6 million to help students pay student loans, while Frank raised $5 million to help students avoid racking them up.Despite tight school budgets, Labster landed a deal with the California Community Colleges which tells us a bit about how edtech optimism is turning into actual dollars.And, breathing out, that was the show. Thanks for sticking with us through the pandemic and not having a commute. It's a treat to have you here.
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.This week the Key Three were back with Danny Crichton, Natasha Mascarenhas, and Alex Wilhelm taking on the news while Chris Gates kept everything perfect.Alex apologizes for the math error you'll hear, naturally. 36 divided by four, is, of course, nine.Turning to the show, as has been the case every single week since we cannot recall when, we had a hell of a packed agenda.; there were new funds to talk about, there were rounds aplenty. As the unicorn era hands the baton to the COVID-19 downturn, there still more than we can get through each week.But we did manage all that follows:Lightspeed raised a host of new funds worth billions of dollars, including $1.83 billion in capital for later-stage deals and $1.5 billion to pour more capital into its international investments.Andreessen Horowitz wants to put together a second crypto-focused fund worth $450 million. That's more than last time, and we had questions.Corigin Ventures raised its first institutional fund at $36 million, effectively stepping out of complete control from its parent organization, Corigin Real Estate.Stripe raised $600 million more, at a flat valuation to its preceding round. The payments company is now worth around $36 billion. The news dropped out of nowhere, and probably means that the eventual Stripe IPO is far, far away.Robinhood isCarta, which helps manage equity for startups, laid off 16 percent of its staff as detailed in an emotional memo by the company's CEO Henry Ward. Then, the plot thickened when news broke that it's raising a new round of funding that would value it at $3 billion.Lucid and Everee, two Utah-based companies raised capital this week, right after we saw Podium raise the week before. $52 million for Lucid, makers of Lucidchart, and $10 million fo Everee, a payroll software startup with a fun twist.But we weren't done yet, as we had to talk about Airbnb's new debt work; Danny made the point that it's hardly cheap capital for the firm to raise, possibly adding pressure to Airbnb later on. This is another company that will not go public in 2020.Savi raised $6 million to help students pay student loans, while Frank raised $5 million to help students avoid racking them up.Despite tight school budgets, Labster landed a deal with the California Community Colleges which tells us a bit about how edtech optimism is turning into actual dollars.And, breathing out, that was the show. Thanks for sticking with us through the pandemic and not having a commute. It's a treat to have you here.
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Labster is a company that is trying to change science education and the way people engage with it, hoping to empower the next generation of scientists to change the world. With 70 virtual reality simulations already running on the Labster platform, users can choose from a variety of scenarios to enter, each of which heavily engages the student in every step of an experiment or project.“Not everyone has access to a lab, but in this way, we bring it to the student's lap,” says Maaroof Fakhri, who works as a project lead in the virtual reality section of Labster. Designed primarily for students in grades K-12, the most popular modules are those covering material that helps students transfer from late high school to early college, and are frequently used by teachers and universities to help students review certain material. Studies show that when compared to traditional methods of learning, the use of Labster simulations resulted in a 76% increase in learning. To learn more or check out the simulations for yourself, visit www.labster.com.
In September, the 10K crew went on location to the 2017 Ontario Universities’ Fair, to interview a dozen higher ed leaders about trends in innovation. Catherine Newell Kelly was appointed Registrar at the University of Waterloo just a month before this interview, after serving for two decades as Director of Waterloo’s Centre for Extended Learning, as well as stints as Executive Director of eCampus Ontario and President of CAUCE and OCULL. In this special bonus episode, edited to 7 minutes, Ken asks Cathy 3 key questions. Innovations at Waterloo? Cathy emphasizes Waterloo’s liberal intellectual property policies, and its roots in co-operative education, and its co-op program has grown to be the largest in Canada, with students earning $253 million a year. Waterloo is pushing the envelope to make experiential learning more flexible, like the EDGE experiential learning certificate program for non-co-op students. Waterloo’s Velocity is the largest free start-up incubator in the world. After 50 years in online learning, Waterloo is exploring Labster and Riipen to bring laboratory and co-op work experiences to online students. The Decade Ahead? Cathy predicts that university-business partnerships will become much more important, with the government’s emphasis on work-integrated learning. Transformative research, which changes what we know, will grow, and interdisciplinarity will continue to drive research and teaching. Universities will also need to enhance the flexibility of program delivery and structure for adult learners and working students. Culture of Innovation? Cathy believes that senior leadership has to foster a culture of entrepreneurship on campus, in which students, staff and faculty feel safe enough to take strategic risks. Watch for more interviews soon, or to be sure you don’t miss them, join more than 15,000 Ten with Ken subscribers and followers on any of a dozen platforms. Stay in the Loop by subscribing to our free email newsletter at http://eduvation.ca/subscribe/
In September, the 10K crew went on location to the 2017 Ontario Universities’ Fair, to interview a dozen higher ed leaders about trends in innovation. Catherine Newell Kelly was appointed Registrar at the University of Waterloo just a month before this interview, after serving for two decades as Director of Waterloo’s Centre for Extended Learning, as well as stints as Executive Director of eCampus Ontario and President of CAUCE and OCULL. In this special bonus episode, edited to 7 minutes, Ken asks Cathy 3 key questions. Innovations at Waterloo? Cathy emphasizes Waterloo’s liberal intellectual property policies, and its roots in co-operative education, and its co-op program has grown to be the largest in Canada, with students earning $253 million a year. Waterloo is pushing the envelope to make experiential learning more flexible, like the EDGE experiential learning certificate program for non-co-op students. Waterloo’s Velocity is the largest free start-up incubator in the world. After 50 years in online learning, Waterloo is exploring Labster and Riipen to bring laboratory and co-op work experiences to online students. The Decade Ahead? Cathy predicts that university-business partnerships will become much more important, with the government’s emphasis on work-integrated learning. Transformative research, which changes what we know, will grow, and interdisciplinarity will continue to drive research and teaching. Universities will also need to enhance the flexibility of program delivery and structure for adult learners and working students. Culture of Innovation? Cathy believes that senior leadership has to foster a culture of entrepreneurship on campus, in which students, staff and faculty feel safe enough to take strategic risks. Watch for more interviews soon, or to be sure you don’t miss them, join more than 15,000 Ten with Ken subscribers and followers on any of a dozen platforms. Stay in the Loop by subscribing to our free email newsletter at http://eduvation.ca/subscribe/
Ken Steele interviews 12 university presidents and senior administrators about the innovations most likely to transform higher education over the coming decade, for a series called "Towards 2028." In this episode, we discuss active learning pedagogies and classrooms, online and blended delivery, immersive telepresence, virtual reality and augmented reality, and the centrality of libraries to an institution-wide strategic approach to IT planning. We hear about pilot projects at the University of Waterloo testing Labster, a VR simulation of a chemistry lab, and Riipen, an online clearinghouse of work experience opportunities for students.
Ken Steele interviews 12 university presidents and senior administrators about the innovations most likely to transform higher education over the coming decade, for a series called "Towards 2028." In this episode, we discuss active learning pedagogies and classrooms, online and blended delivery, immersive telepresence, virtual reality and augmented reality, and the centrality of libraries to an institution-wide strategic approach to IT planning. We hear about pilot projects at the University of Waterloo testing Labster, a VR simulation of a chemistry lab, and Riipen, an online clearinghouse of work experience opportunities for students.