Education Entrepreneurs: Simmons Lettre and Carrie Irvin
A year ago, a Charter Board Partners “team meeting” meant co-founders Simmons Lettre and Carrie Irvin gathering around Carrie’s kitchen table. Toda
Education Entrepreneurs: Eric Westendorf and Alix Guerrier
Having played sports for most of my life I’d consider myself a master of the “high-fives” – there wasn’t one I hadn’t tried. That is, until I met <
NewSchools Presents: Bill Jackson, GreatSchools
In 1998, Kim Smith, a student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, teamed up with famed venture capitalist John Doerr and Brook Byers to build
NewSchools Presents: Alexandra Bernadotte and Scott Given
When we invited education entrepreneurs to tell their stories in our Story Booth at NewSchools Summit 2011 earlier this year we were completely unp
New Video Series Celebrates Education Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are a special breed; they’re tenacious, imaginative risk-takers willing to work hard to see their ideas become reality. They draw on
Friday Night Lights (and Pitches)
Last Friday night saw nearly 300 Bay Area entrepreneurs, VCs and philanthropists gather for the final pitch session of The EdTech Entrepreneurs Lab
2011 Entrepreneur of the Year, Organization of the Year, and New Market Maker Awards
While more than 800 supporters of entrepreneurial change in public education gathered at the twelfth annual NewSchools Summit in Burlingame, CA on Wednesday, we announced the recipients of our annual awards, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Organization of the Year, and New Market Maker Award. The awards are designed to recognize and celebrate the achievements […]
Rethinking the for-profit model
For many years, for-profit education organizations have faced fairly pervasive skepticism. Why? In part, you can blame the very mixed performance o
Supporting Superman (and Woman)
How does NewSchools support education entrepreneurs? I get this question more than any other and not just from those outside the education community
For Profit, For Good?
When starting a new venture, one of the first questions that education entrepreneurs wrestle with is the legal structure. There are no hard fast rule