Village Global's Venture Stories takes you inside the world of venture capital and technology, featuring enlightening interviews with entrepreneurs, investors and tech industry leaders. The podcast is hosted by Village Global partner and co-founder Erik Torenberg. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast for more.

Erik is joined by Will Houghteling (@willhoughteling) founder of Strive a competency-based marketplace and Kara Nortman (@karanortman) the first investor in Strive and partner at Upfront Ventures. Will explains why he started Strive and how the educational needs of the middle 50% of American post-secondary students aren’t being met at the moment. Kara and Will discuss the merits of new forms of career-oriented education that have emerged in the past decade like bootcamps income-sharing agr

Episode 17: Rethinking The Education To Employment Paradigm with Will Houghteling and Kara Nortman

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