Podcasts about wireless generation

Olivier Pomel is the Founder & CEO @ Datadog, the company building the next generation of tools for DevOps teams. Prior to their incredibly successful IPO in 2019, Olivier raised over $147M for the company from Index, ICONIQ, Meritech, IA Ventures, Amplify and OpenView, to name a few. Prior to founding Datadog and changing the world of devops, Olivier was a VP with Wireless Generation for 8 years leading an engineering team of close to 100 of the best developers in NYC. In Today’s Episode with Olivier Pomel You Will Learn: 1.) How Olivier made his way into the world of startups and what was the a-ha founding moment for his creating of Datadog, changing the world of devops? 2.) Why does Olivier believe that "short term failure is a source of long term success?" Why did both seed and Series A investors not get Datadog? What would Olivier have done differently if fundraising again? What do investors misunderstand today when investing in big markets looking for the "entry wedge"? 3.) What has been Olivier's biggest learnings on how to run Datadog during a pandemic? What attributes does Olivier look for when hiring senior leaders? Why does Olivier believe the CEO has to be the "equaliser in chief"? What does that mean in practice? How can leaders creat eenvironments of safety where their team can approach them with anything? 4.) What have been the biggest challenges in moving from a single product to a multi-product company? How does one know when is the right time to add additional products? What is Olivier's decision-making process to determine which products to build next? 5.) How does Olivier assess his relationship to money today? How has it changed over time? In what ways has becoming a father impacted Olivier's operating mindset? What 3 traits would Olivier most like his children to adopt? Item’s Mentioned In Today’s Episode with Olivier Pomel Olivier’s Favourite Book: Kurt Vonnegut As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here!

This week on the podcast, the Getting Smart team is talking about the past and future of EdTech with Larry Berger!   After his Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, Larry Berger served as a Whitehouse Fellow working on educational technology at NASA. In 2000, he co-founded Wireless Generation, an early leader in reading assessment. After being acquired in 2010, the company then became Amplify. And just five years ago, after a spinout, the company became a leader in digital K-8 English, math, and science curriculum.   Tune in as Larry describes the history and the future of education technology, shares the mission and the work that they’re doing at Amplify, and highlights many of the important factors in EdTech today!   Key Takeaways: [:07] About today’s episode. [:43] Tom Vander Ark welcomes Larry Berger to the podcast. [:51] Larry speaks about why he studied English at Yale University. [1:21] Larry shares how he is still involved in poetry to this day. [1:55] Larry speaks a bit about his favorite poems and poets. [2:29] Fastforward to the origin story of Wireless Generation, Larry speaks about what his inspiration was for his career in EdTech. [4:05] Tom and Larry paint a picture of what EdTech looked like around the time he started his company, Wireless Generation. [5:37] Larry speaks about the initial ideas that inspired the creation of Wireless Generation. [9:40] How Larry and his co-founder financed the growth of the company and got it off the ground. [12:20] Would it be correct to say that Wireless Generation quickly became a leader in formative assessment in the early 2000s? [15:18] Fastforward to 2010, Larry speaks about an offer that they couldn’t refuse as a company. [17:31] How the acquisition afforded Wireless Generation to be able to conduct research and development at an entirely new level. [19:11] About Wireless Generation’s pivot to digital. [20:12] Larry speaks about the transition from Wireless Generation to Amplify. [22:53] Larry gives his thoughts on the EdTech landscape today and the shift from print to digital. [28:33] Larry gives his take on those who feel that learner experience is the core design principle. [30:05] Larry speaks about what it is that he does these days at Amplify! [32:35] What’s on the roadmap for Amplify in the next year or two? [35:45] Tom tests Larry with an impossibly difficult lightning round of questions! [43:44] Tom thanks Larry for all the work he’s doing and for joining the Getting Smart podcast!   Mentioned in This Episode: Larry Berger Wireless Generation Amplify Poets.org Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Accelerated Reader Qualcomm Irwin Jacobs News Corp Emerson Collective Getting Smart Ep. 239: “Jo Boaler on the Limitless Mind and Learning Math That Matters” Google Classroom   Get Involved: Check out the blog at GettingSmart.com. Find the Getting Smart Podcast on iTunes, leave a review and subscribe.   Is There Somebody You’ve Been Wanting to Learn From or a Topic You’d Like Covered? To get in contact: Email Editor@GettingSmart.com and include ‘Podcast’ in the subject line. The Getting Smart team will be sure to add them to their list!

Host: Nancy May, President and CEO, BoardBench CompaniesGuest: Ray Lamontagne, Chairman of the Board, The Hole In The Wall Gang Fund, Inc.Leading, from the start of an idea through to building an international phenomenon, takes vision, persistence, and some keen skills. When it’s a not-for-profit vision, building from the ground up, with volunteers, is far more challenging, and takes greater strength and talent. The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp was the vision of Paul Newman, who, with the adept leadership of Ray Lamontagne, was able to create and expand it into a great success. Working with such a celebrity has its advantages, yet there were still bumps along the road, and never any guarantees of success. Ray Lamontagne, Chairman of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp and I discuss, the ups, downs, head spinning successes, and visions for what’s to come for this world-famous mission-driven organization. He and the entire staff have done much to touch the lives of ill children and their families. The holidays are a time for giving. This show is our holiday gift to all our listeners. Subscribe and enjoy!Happy holidays and may the New Year bring you much joy, good health, and success.Raymond Lamontagne is the President of the Encore Company. and served as President of Seavest Inc. He has had a diverse career in business, public policy, and philanthropy. He serves as the Chairman of City Center, the New York City-based arts center and theater. He serves as the Chairman of The Hole In The Wall Gang Fund Inc. He serves as a Director at The Dyson Foundation and Amplify Education, Inc. (formerly Wireless Generation, Inc.). He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and Chairman of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, Paul Newman's camps for children with cancer and other serious blood diseases. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the education technology business, Larry Berger is considered—if not the smartest guy in the room, then certainly one of the wiser ones. With more than 20 years in the industry, Larry has seen the ups and downs, twists and turns. In 2000 he co-founded Wireless Generation, which pioneered the use of data, digital diagnostics and assessments to support students. It was bought in 2010 by News Corporation, which invested more than $1 billion into the company and rebranded it as Amplify. News Corp’s commitment proved to be a short-lived, however. The media giant sold Amplify to private investors five years later. Today, Larry Berger leads Amplify as its chief executive. The company is no longer as high-profile—or as big—as it once was. So what is Amplify today? What have the past years taught him, and where is the company going? EdSurge recently sat down with Berger for an update on what Amplify’s up to, along with his thoughts on how the curriculum business is evolving. He also talked about the challenges facing edtech companies today, including his skepticism towards what he calls an “engineering” model of personalized learning.

Since joining the Mission Continues in 2012, Aaron has worked as the Director of Strategy and Research, heading program evaluation and internal consulting efforts, while helping lead the Service Platoons initiative. Aaron serves as the Northeast Executive Director. Aaron was born and raised in Cherry Hill, New Jersey to a family of public servants; Aaron’s parents were both K-12 public educators and his brother Joshua was a nuclear missile combat officer in the Air Force. Aaron attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating with a degree in Arabic and Systems Engineering while earning a commission as a United States Army Officer. During his military career, Aaron was an M1A2 SEP tank commander and platoon leader with the  4th Infantry Division, a Civil Affairs officer, and an Army Science and Technology Analyst at Ft. Monroe, Virginia. He deployed to the “Triangle of Death,” Iraq in 2005, leading infantry and tank platoons and earning the Bronze Star Medal during combat operations. After his military service, Aaron completed a dual-degree graduate program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Columbia Business School, earning both an MPA in International Development and a MBA. During his time at the Kennedy School, Aaron led the Armed Forces Committee and the student government as president. Aaron continued his international development work through independent consulting projects in Nicaragua, Morocco, Tanzania and Qatar. Aaron was selected as an Education Pioneer Fellow for New York City in 2011 and joined Wireless Generation, an innovative education technology company, helping to build public school districts’ data capacity through the development of a “Dashboard” software program in conjunction with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Before joining The Mission Continues, Aaron was a Senior Consultant for Deloitte Consulting LLP and built industry knowledge through projects with Fortune 500 companies in the aerospace and defense and retail sectors. Aaron and his wife Natasha live in Harlem, New York City. http://veteranpodcast.com/008

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It has been an unprecedented time for education entrepreneurs, with the federal government increasing funding available to innovative nonprofits, engaging social innovators in the development of policy, and highlighting the work of entrepreneurs as exemplars to be followed. In this panel discussion at the NewSchools Summit 2010 conference, Bridgespan Group partner Susan Colby discusses the state of education reform. Education entrepreneurs follow by sharing how innovative ideas, models, and policies may be focused and scaled so that more children can get the education they deserve. They also consider what the broader results of this change will look like a decade from now, and what path will the movement need to take to spark true systemic change in public education. Susan Colby is a founding partner of Bridgespan Group’s San Francisco office, where she leads the organization’s work in K-12 education and foundation strategy. She joined Bridgespan from Pharmacia (previously Monsanto), where she served as co-president of the sustainable development sector. Prior to Monsanto, Susan spent 10 years at McKinsey & Company, where she co-founded and co-led the North American environment practice. Stig Leschly is the founder and managing partner of the Newark Charter School Fund, an operating foundation financed by national philanthropies to support public school reform in Newark, NJ. Formerly, he was a lecturer at Harvard Business School, where his research and teaching covered entrepreneurship and education reform. From 1997 to 2000, Leschly was the CEO and founder of Exchange.com, an early competitor to eBay.com, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 1999. Stig Leschly is the founder and managing partner of the Newark Charter School Fund, an operating foundation financed by national philanthropies to support public school reform in Newark, NJ. Formerly, he was a lecturer at Harvard Business School, where his research and teaching covered entrepreneurship and education reform. From 1997 to 2000, Leschly was the CEO and founder of Exchange.com, an early competitor to eBay.com, which was acquired by Amazon.com in 1999. Larry Berger is CEO and co-founder of Wireless Generation, a company that helps PreK-12 educators to teach smarter through the sensitive and innovative application of technology in the classroom. Under his leadership, the company has developed software for mobile devices that makes formative assessment instructionally useful to teachers, “next generation” curriculum customized throughout the school year to students’ needs, and large-scale data systems that centralize student information and integrate knowledge management tools to spur teacher collaborations. Berger was a Rhodes Scholar and a White House Fellow working on educational technology at NASA. Alexandra (Alex) Bernadotte is the founder and CEO of Beyond 12 (formerly CollegeSUCCESS), a national technology-based services organization whose mission is to increase the number of first generation, underrepresented and low-income students who graduate from our nation’s colleges and universities. In January of 2009, she was hired by NewSchools Venture Fund as an entrepreneur in residence to guide the development and business planning for a new venture focused on helping underserved students graduate from college. Bernadotte has more than 14 years of executive management and strategic development experience in both the nonprofit and private sectors. Eva Moskowitz is CEO of Success Charter Network. In August 2006, she founded Harlem Success Academy, hailed by NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein as “one of the best charter schools in the country,” and cited by NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for its “amazing performance.” Moskowitz opened three more Harlem charter schools in August 2008. She is a former New York City Council member and chair of the Council’s Education Committee. Jon Schnur is CEO and co-founder of New Leaders for New Schools, a national nonprofit organization focused on improving learning and school leadership. From September 2008 to June 2009, Schnur served as an advisor to Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign, a member of the presidential transition team, and a senior advisor to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Before founding New Leaders, he was a special assistant to Secretary of Education Richard Riley, President Clinton’s White House associate director for educational policy, and senior advisor on education to Vice President Gore. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/scaling_impact_in_education