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… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
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… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
It is intellectually dishonest to lump venture investors with hedge fund and buy-out investors. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
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… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
The factory model of education is a gargantuan bureaucracy. Some kids are good fits - I wasn't. The system gives you bad grades and… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
If I had to give one piece of advice to a budding entrepreneur, I would say: 'Aim big.' — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
If your business had no risk, you could go get a bank loan and call it a day. VCs like risks - without them,… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
It's not enough to have a value-adding product in a big market. You also need the right conditions. Will you be able to scale… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Jeff Bezos was one of those best and brightest who came to N.Y. to work in finance. He didn't need to know anything about… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
I had started teaching because I love brainteasers. At some point, I had taken every standardized test out there - the SATs, the GREs,… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Immigration has defined my entire life. My parents left Mozambique with nothing but their wits in search of a better life for their kids.… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Stop pretending there's anything wrong with businesspeople hiring diligent laborers who will work for less. Let employers sponsor any worker and argue for why… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up. — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
