Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that's always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up. Jose Ferreira amountcatchdatum Change image and share on social
Data adds concrete information to a teacher's observations and intuition, but it will never replace experience, personal relationships, and cultural understanding. Jose Ferreira addconcretecultural Change image and share on social
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 bringcareereducation Change image and share on social
The San Francisco Bay Area has more VC firms and dollars invested than all East Coast cities combined. Jose Ferreira areabaycity Change image and share on social
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 addamountcheap share on social
In a crisis, markets always look to see who is the next-worst off and proactively begin shying away from them. Jose Ferreira badbegincrisis Change image and share on social
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 bigcapitalistderivative Change image and share on social
Anyone who sincerely wanted to use policy to reduce illegal immigration should start by crafting legislation based on changing actual behavior. Jose Ferreira actualbasebehavior Change image and share on social
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 basicbuycapitalist Change image and share on social
Big data in education has huge potential to improve learning materials. Jose Ferreira bigdatumeducation Change image and share on social
