Investing in Education, ISAs, and Bootcamps with Ruben Harris and David Phillips

Ruben Harris (@rubenharris), founder of Career Karma (www.careerkarma.com), and David Phillips (@davj), founder of Hackbright Academy and BloomJoy, join Erik on this episode.They discuss:- The history and evolution of bootcamps, including how and where they got their start.- Why Ruben thinks that in the long term the cost of education goes to zero.- Whether bootcamps for non-technical skills can become as big as those for technical skills.- Why there haven’t been bigger exits in the space.- Their requests for startups.- Why big companies like Microsoft or Google haven’t yet created their own bootcamps.- Their predictions for how the landscape will have changed in the next ten years.For more on ISAs, check out this report from Career Karma: https://careerkarma.com/blog/income-share-agreements-market-report-summary-2019/Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

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