Yash Tekriwal (@tekondeck) is the Ed-tech entrepreneur behind Lectureless, a collective of the best learning designers, no-code tools, and coaches to 10x the impact of cohort-based courses. Yash is also the chief of staff of High Output, which provides performance coaching for entrepreneurs. Prior to that, Yash built and ran upskilling programs for college students in data science and other technical skills, was a coach for Akimbo, and taught CS and entrepreneurship at a high school.
Show Notes:
(01:18) - Yash's elevator pitch
(03:00) - Teaching a data science course in college
(06:20) - The decision to start a company right out of college
(12:23) - Views on education
(15:00) - How a major car accident shifted his perspective (or didn't)
(17:23) - His interest in cohort-based courses
(22:15) - Improving the CBC experience
(26:33) - Starting and pivoting his company Lectureless
(31:00) - Advice to his 18-year-old self
(31:00) - Recommended programs/resources to learn hard skills like data science
(35:23) - Becoming an expert at using no-code tools
(36:52) - Favorite resources (eg. Refind)
(39:00) - Finding community