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Meet The $29 Million Founder Creating The Future of Education

E124 • Mar 12, 2024 • 58 mins

The education system is broken, but Tade Oyerinde is on a mission to save it with his startup Campus. He raised tens of millions from Sam Altman, Dr. Shaquille O'Neal, and many others. This is his multi-billion dollar plan.

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Learn more about Campus here: https://campus.edu/

Speakers

Tade Oyerinde

Guest • 90%

Shamus Madan

Host • 10%

Chapters

0:00	Introduction and Tade Oyerinde's early life and education
4:09	Tade's transition from Aerospace Engineering to entrepreneurship
9:21	Launch and growth of Tade's first company, Gleepost
13:10	Tade's decision to drop out of university for Univerlette and its eventual fall
19:14	Shift to mobile apps for universities and inception of CampusWire
30:22	Quick podcast break and request for subscription
30:33	The unique model and mission of CampusWire
40:02	Overcoming setbacks and learning from failures in business
43:22	Failed acquisition attempt and successful acquisition of MTI College
54:13	Techniques to help students visualize their long-term goals and wrapping up the interview

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