No-code fundraising, democratized education, and how Creators are the ones in control (or soon will be!)
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A university is far more than its curricula. People discover what and whom they love, develop the skills and EQ to build a career, and make the most meaningful professional and personal relationships of their lives.
When thinking about the future, it’s easy to extrapolate existing business models onto new technologies, but very hard to predict emergent behavior.
When the internet first came along, we created PDFs of newspapers online and said, “This will change everything!”
But it didn’t. That was Twitter — the experimentations of an online community led to the emergence of a new peer-to-peer medium, native to the internet.
Similarly, the first generation of “ed-tech” (MOOCs, etc) failed to live up to the hype. Learning from their shortcomings, On Deck “re-bundles” community with curriculum. We build the tools and culture that makes peer to peer education rewarding and personal.
What emerged is a place for continuing education and socialization for every curious human with an IP address. Stanford University, native to the internet.
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Hi there! Dan here. I think a lot of people on this list either are, or want to be creators on the internet. And there’s a lot to learn about the process of becoming a professional—everything from how to get started, to how to grow something that’s already working.
An inside look at the memo we used to raise our $20 million Series A round led by Founders Fund. We believe it captured the essence of our vision and what On Deck is working to build, as a snapshot in time January 2021.
Courtesy of: On Deck's Tweet Storm (Click the Diagram!)
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
“It’s crazy at work.” How often have you heard that? Or said it yourself? Probably too often. For many, “it’s crazy at work” has become their normal. But why’s that? At the root is an onslaught of physical and virtual real-time distractions slicing work days into a series of fleeting work moments. Tie that together with a trend of over…
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The Technologies Helping Businesses Shift From Economic Recovery to Profitability
A recent Gartner survey identified the top three business priorities in 2021 as: growth, workforce and organizational resilience and sustainability, and investment in digital capabilities. All of these priorities are driven from technology enablement.
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