1107: The future of school and a new business that solves a massive problem.

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and in the pandemic, as families struggle to address the education gap for their kids, a group of moms got together to create an essential platform for parents and teachers to connect called The Learning Match. Julie Plake McMinn and her co-founders built The Learning. Match to connect families to trusted, qualified and experienced educators in their local community and virtually nationwide. Access to The Learning Match is always free for educators, and during the current beta testing is also free for families. With more than 15 years of experience, Julie is an all-around marketing, branding, and PR pro. She is equally at home planning a major event, creating marketing strategies and communications plans, or engaging top editors and producers. A move to New York City after she graduated from Penn State University, marked the start of her communications career: She began as a marketing and advertising assistant at Niche Media, a luxury-lifestyle magazine publisher. Working on Niche titles such as Gotham and Hamptons, Julie was thrown head first into the world of networking and relationship-building for the jet set. As a result of Julie’s own networking, entrepreneur and business owner Bethenny Frankel reached out when she needed an assistant. In 2008, she became Bethenny’s right hand—coordinator of chaos—handling everything from scheduling to marketing to product launches to the development of the Skinnygirl Brand. Learn more about The Learning Match. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 1107 Julie Plake McMahon, co-founder of the Learning Match.
0:05.6	You're listening to So Money, with award-winning Money Guru Farnoosh Karabi.
0:11.6	Each day, get a 30 minute dose of financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers, and from Farnuish herself.
0:20.0	Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
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0:27.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:30.0	Welcome to So Money.
0:33.0	There's so many people in my life and I'm sure you have them too is that, you know, we both went to Penn State and every single one of my roommates is a teacher and my sister is a teacher and I think that this what this has
0:44.4	first of all shown us is that the system has been turned on its head and has
0:50.9	has been really put under a microscope.
0:54.1	They say necessity is the mother of invention and in the pandemic as family struggled to address
0:59.1	the education gap and the learning gap for their kids.
1:02.1	A group of moms got together in the summer to create
1:05.8	an essential platform for parents and teachers to connect to support children.
1:11.6	Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm your host, Farnouche Tarabi. important to trusted qualified and experienced educators in their local communities and virtually
1:26.4	nationwide.
1:28.2	Access to the learning match is free for educators and currently also free for families during the learning
1:34.8	matches beta testing. This is absolutely a platform I wish I had this summer. I was
1:39.9	connected to Julie through a mutual friend. We're both Penn Staters, both mom's small
1:44.9	world and I'm delighted to see what she and her co-founders are creating and
1:49.3	how far they've come with the learning match. More about Julie, she has over 15 years of experience
1:55.5	in marketing and branding.
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