Transcend Newsletter VI - Summer opportunities and thoughts from the efficiency frontier 📚
Welcome to another week of updates and opportunities around the future of learning and work!
Our first session of Transcend Chats will be next week (June 26th, 11AM PST): Mariya Illarionova will share her experiences as a virtual assistant and community manager, and we’ll explore action paths for those interested in the space. Sign up here before tickets run out!
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Nikhil Krishnan explores some bite-sized thoughts on education today, including incentives alignment efforts, new funding structures and bridging the digital skills gap through apprenticeships.
US higher education is undergoing a major shift: this resource from EdSurge gives a great overview of some of these changes. If you also want to understand existing and new interventions to “humanizing” online learning in higher ed, join their webinar tomorrow.
The coding school 42 will open up a new office in Madrid (article in Spanish), partnering with Telefónica, as they continue to iterate on their vision to address the digital skills gap (without teachers!)
Leadership in Silicon Valley, according to Erik Torenberg, is made up of “T-shaped” individuals, who have a core skill but are not world-leaders in it: his hypothesis is that their other non-core and personal skills allow them to grow much more than simple domain experts. How might this change over time as barriers to information and human connections keep decreasing?
Andy Matuschak breaks down how non-fiction books are a pretty inefficient way of acquiring knowledge using the idea of the “efficiency frontier”. How will new forms of content creation push these frontiers for readers across the whole spectrum of interest?
Alex Whitney - “I’m a content developer and growth marketer excited to build brands that bring people closer together. As a recent graduate in Minerva Schools' inaugural class with a concentration in brand management, shoot me a message if you want to talk about interesting content strategies, consumer psych, or tabletop games!”
Mohit Maheshwari - “I'm the CEO of NMGTechnologies.com based in Delhi, Chicago , Auckland , Lagos. We have done some projects in the Education , Learning , LMS space and want to build more deep roots in the HRTech industry. Hit me up if you want to talk product development, outsourcing , digital marketing .I am looking to hire young talent in bizdev based in US.”
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Featured Opportunity
This week we have two featured opportunities: SpeedInvest, a leading European and global VC (investors in great companies like Sunlight), is looking for a Business Development Manager for the US region.
The ideal candidate will have 3 years of experience in startups or product management, and the network and skills to support European startups expanding to the US.
The candidate will get to work with an amazing team, and support a global network of partners and portfolio companies!
Second, World Tech Makers, a pioneer in coding bootcamps in Latin America, is hiring a Communications Intern.
This intern will manage the communications and online community for World Tech Makers as they launch the first adaptive learning marketplace.
Jobs in our Network
NameCoach: Name Coach fixes name pronunciation, an unnoticed and ubiquitous problem, as a strategy to address inclusivity challenges and instill a sense of belonging .
Data Acquisitions Director (Palo Alto, US)
Account Executive (Palo Alto, US)
Impact Ed: Director of Operations (New York, US)
Flockjay: Community Manager (San Francisco, US)
RaiseMe: Business Development Intern (San Francisco, US)
Hopelab: Young Adult Advisory Council Member (San Francisco, US)
Contracting opportunities with Transcend Network
We are always looking to match individuals in our network with contracting opportunities, particularly if you have a background in a) learning/curriculum development, b) community management/social media or c)product management
Let us know which skills and sectors you have experience in, as well as your interest, by dropping us an email here.
Want to submit open positions for your organization? Let us know here
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Alberto (alberto@transcend-network.com) & Michael (michael@transcend-network.com)