tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post6370687948652147518..comments2024-03-23T12:05:15.956-04:00Comments on Steve Hargadon: A (Now) Open Letter to Marc Andreessen About Venture-Funded Ed Tech Start-UpsSteve Hargadonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17776685502090744803noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-52052516395944880922011-09-21T09:23:23.903-04:002011-09-21T09:23:23.903-04:00Excellent post/letter Steve. I think you have made...Excellent post/letter Steve. I think you have made an important point very well. Maybe we need a new type of investor - not VC (Venture Capitalist) but SC (Social Capitalist) who is willing to fund exploration of social created ideas that may change paradigms and/or come up with products/services to support them. It could be a credibility thing for a VC to be an SC first in a specific area for example - online learning - as seed money/support which puts them first in the queue when a project to develop/package the idea into a product/service comes along down the line. /Paulquartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816351711710582753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18676377.post-48354626464174722902011-09-20T21:28:20.617-04:002011-09-20T21:28:20.617-04:00A lot of money is going to be lost by a lot of inv...A lot of money is going to be lost by a lot of investors in education. There actually is not shortage of good products that work for populations of students. (There is no shortage of bad products either.)<br /><br />What the system lacks is a good distribution mechanism of economically (possibly profitably) getting the right tools in the hands of the right people at the right timemweisburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16318750204253355755noreply@blogger.com