Podcast appearances and mentions of luke skurman

This year, thousands of students will be accepted to colleges without ever submitting a formal application. That's because more and more schools are automatically accepting students who meet preset performance thresholds through direct admissions programs. To learn more about this growing trend, Michael and Jeff welcome Luke Skurman who is CEO of Niche.com, one of the nation's largest direct admissions platforms. They discuss the benefits and risks of this innovation and dig into how it changes the dynamics between schools and students. Michael and Jeff then envision the variety of changes required in the college admissions process. This episode is made with support from Ascendium Education Group, the Gates Foundation, and the American College of Education. Chapters0:00 Intro02:26 - The Backstory on Direct Admissions06:35 - How Niche Direct Admissions Works09:09 - The Benefit to Students and Institutions11:29 - Another Application Count Booster?14:25 - Obstacle or Litmus Test?15:56 - Changing Dynamics19:40 - The Competitive Landscape20:41 - What's Next?25:38 - The Three Parts of Admissions30:23 - Weighing the Pros and Cons of Direct Admissions36:26 - Reimagining the College Admissions Process Connect with Michael Horn:Sign Up for the The Future of Education NewsletterWebsiteLinkedInX (Twitter)ThreadsConnect with Jeff Selingo:Sign Up for the Next NewsletterWebsiteX (Twitter)ThreadsLinkedInConnect with Future U:TwitterYouTubeThreadsInstagramFacebookLinkedInSubmit a question and if we answer it on air we'll send you Future U. swag!Sign up for Future U. emails to get special updates and behind-the-scenes content.

In this episode of Product Thinking, Luke Skurman, CEO of Niche, joins Melissa Perri to explore the incredible story of Niche's journey from helping students choose the right college to become a successful company in the education industry. They dive into Niche's first years, how the company adapted to the changing landscape, raised funds, and achieved rapid growth when it switched from a survival mindset to a growth mindset.

In this episode you will hear:   (25:30) Mark and Susan discuss Eric Hoover's article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that appeared on April 2rd, 2023. The article looks at how Student Search will increasingly not produce the list of students for colleges to recruit that it has in the past.    (01:05:05) Mark will answer a speakpipe question that a student sent in about how BS/MD medical school admissions programs work.    (01:25:30) We continue our interview with Gus Resendiz who will discuss the pros and the cons of a cooperative education. Part 3 of 3   Preview-Part 3 v  Gus continues to talk about how he afforded law school, as well as how he lived after graduating to law school v  Gus discusses whether co-op jobs set you up to get full-time offers from your co-op boss v  Gus talks about the ROI of co-op v  Gus talks about how co-op experiences impact classroom discussions. v  Gus goes on the hotseat in the lightning round   (01:35:16) The recommended resource is an interview with Luke Skurman, the CEO of Niche.com, where he reveals their business model and shares how colleges pay them to share information they glean from the students that spend time on their website. Luke Skurman shares that some colleges pay them an outrageous amount of money a year.    (01:55:25) Lisa does a College Spotlight on Guilford College in Greensboro, NC   We now have set up audio recordings in your own voice for any question you send in for our “question from a listener” segment. 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If you have a question for one of our upcoming interviews with admissions professionals, here is a list of admissions professionals who we will interview in 2023 or 2024 Confirmed interviews not yet completed Bard-Mackie Siebens Rice University-Tamara Siler American University-Andrea Felder Pitzer College-Yvonne Berumen Chapman University-Marcela Meija-Martinez Connecticut College-Andy Strickler* Trinity College-Anthony Berry* College of the Atlantic-Heather Albert* Spelman College-Chelsea Holley* Scripps College-Victoria Romero* Saint Louis University-Daniel Wood-(Interview is about transfer admissions, Daniel is a transfer counselor) Colby College-Randi Arsenault* University of Georgia-David Graves* University of Minnesota-Keri Risic Cornell University-Jonathon Burdick Oberlin College-Manuel Carballo Carleton College-Art Rodriguez Swarthmore-Jim Bok Joy St. Johns-Harvard Duke-Christoph Guttentag Florida State-John Barnhill Southern Methodist University-Elena Hicks Johns Hopkins-Calvin Wise Cornell University-Shawn Felton Haverford College-Jess Lord UAspire-Brendan Williams Yale University-Moira Poe Bard College Baylor University Butler University California Institute of Technology-Ashley Pallie Colorado School of Mines Creighton University University of Puget Sound- Robin Aijian Dartmouth College-Lee Coffin   To sign up to receive Your College-Bound Kid PLUS, our new monthly admissions newsletter, delivered directly to your email once a month, just go to yourcollegeboundkid.com, and you will see the sign-up popup.   Check out our new blog. 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TechVibe Radio does a deep dive with Niche Founder and CEO Luke Skurman about his near 20-year journey growing this "startup" to more than 200 people. Niche is the market leader in connecting colleges and schools with students and families. With in-depth profiles on every school and college in America, over 140 million reviews and ratings, and powerful search and data tools, Niche helps millions of students and families find and enroll in the right school for them. For schools, school districts, and communities, Niche's platform, data, and services help thousands of schools recruit and enroll more best-fit students.

Sara Mauskopf is the CEO and co-founder of Winnie, a marketplace for child care built on powerful data systems and backed by a trusted community of parents and providers.   Parents use Winnie to research and uncover high-quality daycares and preschools in their geography with detailed information about licensing, tuition, and photos. Sara started Winnie in early 2016 after she experienced the frustration of researching daycares first-hand as a new mom.   She has called upon her experience in product management at Google, YouTube, Twitter, and Postmates to catapult Winnie to success.    In this episode, Sara and Aaron discuss the origins of the company, the evolving market for daycare, and the business model behind the platform.   Sign up for a Weekly Email that will Expand Your Mind.   Sara Mauskopf's Challenge; If you have children in childcare, talk to the care provider/teacher about how you can help.   Connect with Sara Mauskopf Linkedin Twitter Winnie Website   If you liked this interview, check out our interview w/ Luke Skurman where we discuss building a platform for researching schools & neighborhoods. Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative makes creating podcasts, vlogs, and videos easy.    How? Click here and Learn more.   We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs.   Follow Piper as we grow YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | Spotify

Niche.com made headlines this spring raising a $35 million Series C round to fuel its growth in Pittsburgh. We are excited to welcome Niche.com Founder and CEO Luke Skurman to Business as Usual at noon today to talk about the company, its platform and growth plans moving into the future. Skurman founded Niche in 2002 as College Prowler and rebranded to Niche.com in 2013 as a platform aimed at helping people find “the right schools and neighborhoods.

Hello and welcome to the Diverse VC business podcast where social is the new capital. I'm your host Alec Taylor, the Founder of Diverse VC. On today's podcast, we will be talking to an Entrepreneur with 20 years of experience running his company. We will be discussing his background, entrepreneurship, scaling a business, getting funding, key factors for business success, the future of the Ranking & Reviewing industry, how he has been successful both outside of work, his business & life philosophies, as well as a fire round. Today we have Luke Skurman! He is passionate about education, entrepreneurship, and leadership. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Carnegie Mellon University in entrepreneurship & Public Policy & Management and is a member of its Board of Trustees; Luke is the Vice Chairman of the Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship committee and is involved with many other impactful organizations. Luke has won national awards related to entrepreneurship from BusinessWeek, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine while being featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, and Fortune. He was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pittsburgh region and was considered one of America's coolest young entrepreneurs. Luke is currently the CEO of Niche formerly known as College Prowler, an online platform that allows students and parents to review, rate, and view statistics of schools, colleges, and neighborhoods. Niche is transforming the way people make big life decisions by providing insight and analysis from everyday experts, to choose a college, K-12 school, or place to live for your needs. Thanks for listening to the DiverseVC Business Podcast! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/diversevc/support

TechVibe excerpts a One Mic Stand interview with Luke detailing Niche's growth in Pittsburgh and how it's disrupting the education industry.

Niche connects people to their future schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces. Niche is the best place to research U.S. colleges, schools, neighborhoods, and companies. Every month millions of people use our easy-to-read and comprehensive report cards, rankings, and reviews to choose the right schools or neighborhoods for them. Niche does rigorous cleaning and analysis on large data sets, and combines them with feedback from our community for nuanced insight that can't be found anywhere else. Founder and CEO Luke Skurman talks about growing the company in Pittsburgh and how it is disrupting the way people chose schools and neighborhoods.

Luke Skurman is the CEO and Founder of Niche.com. Niche is an informative website that provides insight and analysis from experts and neighbors to help people choose colleges, K-12 schools, and places to live.    Niche, formerly College Prowler, was founded in 2002 and recently raised $35 Million to expand its client base and grow its team. This Series C funding was led by the New York-based Radian Capital and San Fransisco-based Salesforce Ventures.    Luke has been at the helm of this college resource dynamo since its founding and has led it through tremendous years of growth. In 2019, Niche grew its client-base by 60% and increased annual recurring revenue over 100%.   In this episode, Aaron and Luke discuss the Series C funding, how to grow a tech business in Pittsburgh, and the future of remote work in lieu of COVID-19. Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart happens once a year.   Luke Skurman’s Challenge; Increase your level of empathy for others.   Connect with Luke Skurman Linkedin Twitter Instagram Niche.com   If you liked this interview, check out episode 303 with Luke Skurman where we discuss the origins on Niche.com and the first large raise.   Also, listen to Glen Meakem talk about his billion-dollar valuation after a 1999 IPO.   Text Me What You Think of This Episode 412-278-7680 Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative creates podcasts, vlogs, and videos for companies.    Our clients become better storytellers.    How? Click here and Learn more.   We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs.   Follow Piper as we grow YouTube TikTok Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | Spotify

Glen Meakem is the founder & CEO of a permanent cloud photo storage and sharing company called Forever. He previously took his first technology startup, FreeMarkets, public in late-1999.   FreeMarkets grew up during the height of the Dotcom Bubble and reached a peak valuation of over $10 billion. While the spectacular highs of the bubble could not last, underneath the market Glen was tripling revenues each year and operating.   After selling FreeMarkets to Ariba in 2004, Glen started angel and venture investing. Some of his most successful investments include Kiva Systems (sold to Amazon), HotPads (sold to Zillow), and Niche.com.   After wrapping up a successful venture career, Glen returned to being an entrepreneurial operator. Forever was built because Glen was frustrated by the short-term business models and incentives offered from other cloud storage providers.   In this podcast interview, you’ll hear Glen and Aaron discuss timeless leadership principles, how to recognize a business opportunity, and stories from the tech bubble. Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart happens once a year.   Glen Meakem’s Challenge; Don’t sit on the sidelines. Get in the game and take action. Walk through the door. Be ethical. Be kind.   Connect with Glen Meakem Linkedin Forever.com   If you liked this interview, check out episode 303 with Luke Skurman where we discuss founding Niche, recruiting engineering talent, and why follow-through is so important. Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative creates podcasts, vlogs, and videos for companies.    Our clients become better storytellers.    How? Click here and Learn more.   We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs.   Follow Piper as we grow YouTube TikTok Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | Spotify 

Anthony Gadient is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Voci Technologies. Voci uses GPU-accelerated, deep machine learning speech technologies to help companies understand what their team members are saying on the phone.   Their technology helps clients mine actionable insights from their voice data. It can be applied to customer service, sales, and compliance analysis.   The company is built with technology spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, Anthony co-founded Neolinear, a semiconductor design automation firm that was acquired.   Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart happens once a year.   Anthony Gadient’s Challenge; Take some time to think about the implications of computers being able to hear you.   Connect with Anthony Gadient Linkedin Website   If you liked this interview, check out episode 303 with Luke Skurman the founder of Niche.com  and episode 361 with Jason Wolfe where we discuss multiple successful technology startups. Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative creates podcasts, vlogs, and videos for companies.    Our clients become better storytellers.    How? Click here and Learn more.   We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs.   Sign up for one of Piper’s weekly newsletters. We curate links to Expand your Mind, Fill your Heart, and Grow your Tribe.   Follow Piper as we grow YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | Spotify

Luke Skurman is the Founder and CEO of Niche.com. Luke holds bachelors and masters degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of its Board of Trustees; Luke is the Vice Chairman of the Research Innovation and Entrepreneurship committee, he is also a member of both the Finance and the Property & Facilities committees. Luke is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Ascender, a non-profit, 501(c)(3), focusing on bolstering innovation and entrepreneurship in the Pittsburgh region. Luke is the Founding Curator of the Global Shapers Pittsburgh Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Luke has won national awards related to entrepreneurship from BusinessWeek, Fast Company, and Inc. Magazine and has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, and Fortune. Luke was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Pittsburgh region in 2016.

Craig Markovitz co-founded Blue Belt Technologies, a spinoff from the Robotics Institute at CMU, in 2003 and thirteen years later was a key member of the deal team that led to a $275,000,000 acquisition. During his years in business, Craig has launched companies, raised capital, and managed operations in businesses spanning from pre revenue and 18 employees to multi-million in revenue and 150 employees.   Today, he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.     We discuss his experience building a team, his thoughts on fundraising, and touch on the peculiar position of deciding what to do after your company is acquired.   If you liked this interview, check out episode 303 with Luke Skurman where we discuss building a tech company in Pittsburgh, raising a Series A, and the challenges of building a team. Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Craig’s Challenge; Do something out of your comfort zone.   Connect with Craig LinkedIn Website Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

When you think of a polling company, you probably think of Nielsen or Gallup. John Dick is going to change that.   As the Founder and CEO of CivicScience, John is building a modern consumer and media analytics company based in Pittsburgh. He and his team are reinventing consumer polling for a digital and mobile-first environment.   We discuss how polling has gotten more difficult as media and telecommunications have become more fragmented, the challenges of hiring technical and marketing talent, and how looking at the data has made John more empathetic.   Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   John’s Challenge; Get out of your tribe. Your surroundings are too curated.   Connect with John LinkedIn Twitter Website   Mentioned Episode 303 with Luke Skurman of Niche.com Episode 248 with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz   Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, check out interviews with Mark Leslie about building Veritas to $1 billion in value and Darrin Grove about servant leadership and reinvention. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

Self-driving cars are coming. Ford is betting $1 billion dollars over five years that Argo Ai can make it happen.   CEO Bryan Salesky calls upon his experience leading the software engineering for Tartan Racing, Carnegie Mellon’s winning entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge as he tries to build the future.   He also was on the Google self-driving car team. While at Google, Bryan was director of hardware development, and was responsible for development and manufacture of Google’s portfolio of hardware, which included self-driving sensors, computers and several vehicle development programs.   Do not miss this interview.   Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Bryan’s Challenge; Choose a day of the week where you commute and do not use your phone.   Connect with Bryan LinkedIn Website   Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram   If you liked this interview, check out other interviews with tech CEOs like Niche.com’s Luke Skurman, RE2 Robotics Jorgen Pedersen, and Jetpack Workflow’s David Cristello. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

Niche.com generated 50,000,000 unique visitors last year. They announced a $6.6M Series B round of fundraising in February 2018. They've come a long way from their humble beginnings in 2002.   In my interview with Luke Skurman, the Founder & CEO of Niche.com, we discuss the challenges of raising venture capital as an established company, the marketing & business development talent in Pittsburgh, and importance of aiming at a big target.   Luke is also a Co-Founder of Ascender, a non-profit, 501(c)(3), focusing on bolstering innovation and entrepreneurship in the Pittsburgh region. They host the annual Thrival Innovation + Music Festival every year in Pittsburgh.   Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.   Luke’s Challenge; The more you give, the more you get back. Have an impact in a meaningful way through service.   Connect with Luke Twitter LinkedIn Website Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition   If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. YouTube Instagram   If you liked this interview, check out a bunch of previous interviews with Pittsburgh entrepreneurs like David Cristello, Jorgen Pederson, and Darrin Grove. Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | Overcast | PodBay

In this episode I had the honor of sitting down with Luke Skurman, CEO of College Prowler. We talked about entrepreneurship, networking, leadership, money, family, and more. This podcast is well worth taking the time to listen to. Get a pen and paper ready!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/l3leadership)

He is CEO and Founder of one of the country's hottest business's.He is Inc. Magazine's top 30 under 30 Entrepreneur of the Year! His company College Prowler is in its'6th season, the ultimate insider’s guide to colleges across the country, he just partnered with AOL to launch their blog and video site. Meet this incredible young man who has been featured in Fast Company,Business Week,and just won the Cisco award in Technology for Innovators in Customer Relationship.. and to top it all off.. h