Really. It’s Not Just Me. It’s Our TEAM.
Many have called me the “face of the company.” Our incorporation papers list me as the Co-Founder and COO. (What’s COO you ask? Good question. I surely didn’t know when I first started the company, but here’s Wikipedia’s definition if you have the curiosity to investigate). When the time came to put into words exactly [...]
What Star Trek Taught Me About Education
It’s been about a year and a half since I began my journey into the EdTech space. I can’t tell you how many times over this brief period I have been asked they question, “Why are you in Edtech?” Typically, the question arises from the fact that my only previous experience with the education industry [...]
Pitches and Car Crashes
The following is Part 3 of a series of posts chronicling the story of Tioki. To start the series from the beginning, click here. The prize for winning Startup Weekend was the opportunity to present as guests at Founder Showcase in San Francisco. Mandela and I were extremely excited about the opportunity, but because the event took place on [...]
There’s No “I” in Team
The following is a Q & A session with DemoLesson’s very own Jerry Mercado, Aleks Stanisic, and Pete Walton. These three guys are key parts of Team DemoLesson and we’re thrilled to introduce you to them. Read on to find out a little bit more about who they are, why they quit their day jobs [...]
Startup Weekend
The following is Part 2 of a series of posts chronicling the story of DemoLesson. To start the series from the beginning, click here. I heard about Startup Weekend from Jeff Solomon. He was one of the founders of Leads 360, and published a great Startup blog called The Complex System. In one of his posts, he [...]
