Globaloria On the Road: 2015 LearnLaunch Annual Conference at the Harvard Business School in Boston

Jan 24, 2015
Globaloria was invited to the 2015 LearnLaunch Annual Conference on January 24, 2015 in one of my favorite cities, Boston, at my alma mater, Harvard University Graduate School of Business. LearnLaunch is inspiring and expanding Boston's EdTech Ecosystem. It is connecting startups and supporting entrepreneurs in education technology. I had a chance with my friend, Jean Hammond (a fellow M.I.T. alumna), who is Co-Founding Partner. She has an incredible vision for LearnLaunch. Jean is an active Angel Investor, focusing on early stage high-tech and high-growth start-ups. LearnLaunch was established in 2012 by a team of partners, and has an impressive list of corporate sponsors from the education industry. I especially like Michael Horn (Christensen Institute) and Deborah Quazzo (GSV)'s presentation. Here are some tweets from the snowy white weekend on the HBS campus.

Two days of showcasing @globaloria & connecting w colleagues fr @Harvard @HarvardHBS @hgse @LearnLaunch #edtech #startups #LearnLaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

Day1 was buzzing at Edtech Startups Showcase #learnlaunch15 @globaloria team ready to take your questions! pic.twitter.com/7r2xFuSN15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 24, 2015

Splitup K12 / Higher Ed. Both 2U & Blackboard were B2B and created billion$ exits says MarkGrovic of @newmarketsvp #learnlaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

“The changemakers are kids. We must engage them better! They do not open these thick textbooks!" says @ktrae #LearnLaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

So Cool: @markgrovic VC firm @newmarketsvp invests in edtech category of project-based learning &makers platforms & tools #LearnLaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

I believe teachers PD needed for scaling/managing platforms, project-based courses, get students navigate learning completion #LearnLaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

Dean Ryan @hgse https://t.co/MU3lXLHXkt remarks on innovation @LearnLaunch 700 ppl @HarvardHBS #LearnLaunch15 pic.twitter.com/Mn5KAfCMs5

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

New wave of ROE: drive down cost, ofer quality products/services, increase revenues, tech2scale -- ROE a la @deborahquazzo #learnlaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

"Investing in education & edtech is finally legitimate" says @deborahquazzo of @gsvedu @asugsvsummit #learnlaunch15 pic.twitter.com/gGe2CYnFsY

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

7 Top Cities for Startups Outside of Silicon Valley: http://t.co/ev5YKkgCxg - #learnlaunch15 putting boston on the map for #edtech startups?

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

'Intel-inside' is @deborahquazzo's framing of @Knewton_Jose's @Knewton now on stage w @michaelbhorn #learnlaunch15 pic.twitter.com/mVrJwUM9TO

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

Great question by @betsy_ of @EdSurge to @Knewton_Jose regarding a promising prison program... Little ouch: not happening...#learnlaunch15

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

.@BillLisowski: Thanks for quote #learnlaunch15 "No growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone" Prin. Zitoli, Mills M.S”

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 23, 2015

TechTalkTime! @betsy_ (@EdSurge) @slaster (@MHEducation) @georgemoore (@CengageLearning) +SeanYork #learnlaunch15 pic.twitter.com/VDjSyPGbaw

— Idit Harel (@Idit) January 24, 2015

• Comments are closed. Tweet your response: Tweet