Geoff Ralston is the founder of Imagine K12, an education focused vertical within the super successful startup accelerator YCombinator. Collectively, Y Combinator and Imagine K12 have backed over 100 education technology startups. In addition to his work with YC, Geoff’s a prolific angel investor, with over 80 portfolio companies and 18 exits to date.

Prior to joining YC as a Partner, Geoff was the CEO of Lala Media, a music startup which was acquired by Apple for $80M in 2009. He also spent 9 years at Yahoo and was the Former Chief Product Officer a decade before the company became irrelevant.

 

 

Listen and Learn:

* The major problems with America’s education system

* How startups and YC are working to redesign education

* Is college still necessary?

* How venture capitalists can make outsized differences in the world

* Why education and healthcare as so expensive and slow to adapt

* What angel investors need to know to avoid losing money

* How Geoff thinks about industries and investment philosophies

* Why Geoff started an edtech accelerator and merged with YCombinator

* The reason Geoff is incredibly optimistic about biotech and AI

* The ethical issues of education and access and how we can fix them

* Why education NEEDS to be personalized

* How to hone your craft and becoming worldclass

* Which industries Geoff is most excited about

Geoff’s Projects:

ImagineK12

YCombinator

Geoff’s Angellist

Twitter: @gralston

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Geoff Ralston is the founder of Imagine K12, an education focused vertical within the super successful startup accelerator YCombinator. Collectively, Y Combinator and Imagine K12 have backed over 100 education technology startups. In addition to his work with YC, Geoff’s a prolific angel investor, with over 80 portfolio companies and 18 exits to date.

Prior to joining YC as a Partner, Geoff was the CEO of Lala Media, a music startup which was acquired by Apple for $80M in 2009. He also spent 9 years at Yahoo and was the Former Chief Product Officer a decade before the company became irrelevant.

 

 

Listen and Learn:

* The major problems with America’s education system

* How startups and YC are working to redesign education

* Is college still necessary?

* How venture capitalists can make outsized differences in the world

* Why education and healthcare as so expensive and slow to adapt

* What angel investors need to know to avoid losing money

* How Geoff thinks about industries and investment philosophies

* Why Geoff started an edtech accelerator and merged with YCombinator

* The reason Geoff is incredibly optimistic about biotech and AI

* The ethical issues of education and access and how we can fix them

* Why education NEEDS to be personalized

* How to hone your craft and becoming worldclass

* Which industries Geoff is most excited about

Geoff’s Projects:

ImagineK12