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Jose Ferreira Quotes

I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world’s education system Picture Quote #1

Big data in education has huge potential to improve learning materials Picture Quote #1

We get more data about people than any other data company gets about people, about anything - and it’s not even close. We’re looking at what you know, what you don’t know, how you learn best. The big difference between us and other big data companies is that we’re not ever marketing your data to a third party for any reason Picture Quote #1

Education is among the most important problems we face because it’s the ultimate ‘gateway’ problem. That is, it drives virtually every global problem that we face as a species. But there’s a flip-side: if we can fix education, then we’ll dramatically improve the other problems, too Picture Quote #1

I spent most of my career in education and technology. I worked at Kaplan, and I was one of the first people trying to bring innovation into for-profit education Picture Quote #1

Google, Facebook, and other consumer web companies violate our privacy. But that’s only because they have an ad-based business model. They can only make money by selling your data - and degrading the product experience with ads Picture Quote #1

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We know everything about what you know and how you learn best because we get so much data. And education is the highest-stakes media product in your life. It’s infinitely more important than your Facebook friends’ status updates or your Google search results because it’s your future Picture Quote #1

Data adds concrete information to a teacher’s observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding Picture Quote #1

Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world Picture Quote #1

The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn’t. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you’re stupid. You don’t think, ‘If this kid’s not a good fit, it could be the system’s fault.’ Picture Quote #1

You need more than just a great idea. Your product or service must add an enormous amount of value to some industry. If the idea isn’t completely new, it has to be better, cheaper, or more efficient than what we already have Picture Quote #1

Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that’s always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up Picture Quote #1

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Many venture capitalists say they’re looking for the next big idea. But they aren’t, really; they’re looking for something derivative, because derivative is safe Picture Quote #1

Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior Picture Quote #1

The best programmers and internet entrepreneurs are in the Bay Area. Don’t kid yourself about that, not even for a second Picture Quote #1

The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined Picture Quote #1

Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things Picture Quote #1

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I started Knewton to do my bit to fix the world’s education system (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Big data in education has huge potential to improve learning materials (Jose Ferreira Quotes) We get more data about people than any other data company gets about people, about anything - and it’s not even close. We’re looking at what you know, what you don’t know, how you learn best. The big difference between us and other big data companies is that we’re not ever marketing your data to a third party for any reason. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Education is among the most important problems we face because it’s the ultimate ‘gateway’ problem. That is, it drives virtually every global problem that we face as a species. But there’s a flip-side: if we can fix education, then we’ll dramatically improve the other problems, too. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) I spent most of my career in education and technology. I worked at Kaplan, and I was one of the first people trying to bring innovation into for-profit education. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Google, Facebook, and other consumer web companies violate our privacy. But that’s only because they have an ad-based business model. They can only make money by selling your data - and degrading the product experience with ads. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) We know everything about what you know and how you learn best because we get so much data. And education is the highest-stakes media product in your life. It’s infinitely more important than your Facebook friends’ status updates or your Google search results because it’s your future. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Data adds concrete information to a teacher’s observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Venture capitalists certainly create value for themselves, but they also singularly create value for the rest of the world. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn’t. The system gives you bad grades and tells you you’re stupid. You don’t think, ‘If this kid’s not a good fit, it could be the system’s fault.’ (Jose Ferreira Quotes) You need more than just a great idea. Your product or service must add an enormous amount of value to some industry. If the idea isn’t completely new, it has to be better, cheaper, or more efficient than what we already have. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that’s always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Many venture capitalists say they’re looking for the next big idea. But they aren’t, really; they’re looking for something derivative, because derivative is safe. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) The best programmers and internet entrepreneurs are in the Bay Area. Don’t kid yourself about that, not even for a second. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined. (Jose Ferreira Quotes) Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things. (Jose Ferreira Quotes)