Nerd Stalker

In partnership with brands like Duolingo, Casper, Twitch and more, offers a full day of interactive sessions and online activities  With school closures and classes moving online across the nation, Codecademy is partnering with Y Combinator, Duolingo, Twitch and dozens of other organizations to host  “Learn From Home Day” on Wednesday, May 13 , from 10:45 - 5:45 ET. Learn From Home Day will be a free global online event for people interested in learning and self-improvement. The event will be chock full of interactive classes and sessions ranging from guided meditation and drawing for inner calmness, to mixing a song and streaming best practices, to home cooking with Food52. Zach Sims , CEO and Co-Founder of  Codecademy , says: “This moment in time with the global pandemic is bigger than any one of us — and that’s why we need to come together. By collaborating with other brands to host the inaugural ‘Learn From Home Day,’ we want to help people feel a greate...

Camperoo goes from education portal to education delivery Startups also pivot to some degree. Camperoo is no exception. The YC Winter '14 graduate, Emmie Chang , is going back to her roots and delivering new age education programs to kids 5 to 12. Emmie left the educational program she built in Texas for the Silicon Valley/SF Tech dream. Camperoo's new age means skills (ie. Creativity) that kids should learn to enter the world in the 21st century. Listen to Emmie to hear what the skills that she feels is not being delivered by the current educational model.