Asia Tech Podcast

EP 170 - James Lewis - co-Founder and CEO of learnreel - The Social Contract Changed

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The Asia Tech Podcast thoroughly enjoyed speaking with James Lewis, a co-Founder and the CEO of learnreel.  learnreel is short-form learning in a simple video-based app.

Some of the topics that James and I discussed:

  • The experience of graduating from University months before Lehman Brothers collapsed
  • How his job offer from Citigroup got rescinded
  • Realizing that if he wanted to learn something he could do it himself
  • Online, desktop platforms had made learning on one's own easier
  • When he graduated he did not know the 'startup' career path was a thing
  • Those original online learning platforms were built for long-form learning
  • How learning outcomes are delivered and the time in which they are delivered
  • Completion rates for traditional online learning
  • The growth of short video platforms and their impact on learning
  • Connection-based social media vs. interest-based
  • The creator economy and the redefinition of 'expertise'
  • Survivor bias
    • ...more
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