117: Reshaping the Education System through Software with Peter Kraft of EvoLabs ⭐

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Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

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🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Peter Kraft is the Founder and President of Evolution Labs. Prior to founding Evolution Labs, Kraft was instrumental in forming and re-envisioning two educational software companies that led the industry in recruitment, enrollment and retention of college students. He co-founded GoalQuest in 2000 and served as its CEO until 2007 when he spearheaded the company’s acquisition by EducationDynamics. Kraft served as President of the enrollment and retention division of EducationDynamics from 2007 to 2009. This Episode is Sponsored By: Mack Weldon is the most comfortable underwear, socks, shirts, undershirts, hoodies, or sweatpants that you will ever wear. They're even more comfortable when you get 20% Off... So to get the comfort you deserve go to: MackWeldon.com and enter promo code MILLIONAIRE at checkout. Gusto makes payroll a breeze full-service payroll for one simple price. And 72% of customers spend less than 5 minutes to run payroll. Get your first 3 free months using this link: millionaire-interviews.com/gusto. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Millionaire Interviews. *** Support this Podcast via Patreon Feedback? Questions? Comments? We'd love to hear from you! Hollar at us via: Twitter (@acpeek or @millionairepod), Instagram (@millionaire_interviews), LinkedIn (@austincpeek), Facebook (@millionaireinterviews), or Email: austin@millionaire-interviews.com. 😎😍😀

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0:00.0	This program contains strong language.
0:08.5	Until we had expenses that were now part of our life that we couldn't easily get out
0:17.1	of.
0:18.1	We were burning through cash.
0:19.1	You couldn't sell your kids?
0:20.5	We tried to leave them.
0:22.5	And it was awful.
0:37.8	And I think probably the biggest key to our success is people have always thought it
0:44.3	was weird or stupid or silly.
0:47.0	But fuck them.
0:48.0	Here's our crazy we were.
0:49.8	We would go to sleep at 6 p.m. and we would set our alarms for midnight and we would
0:54.2	wake up and we would drive through the night, arrive at a school at 8 a.m. in a meeting
0:58.5	in Ohio or wherever it was.
1:00.3	And we would pull into a McDonald's parking lot, wash up, put our suits on and walk into
1:05.1	that meeting like we own them.
1:08.3	My name is Peter Kraft, believe it or not.
1:10.9	In fact I don't think I can believe it.
1:12.4	I'm 53 years old, although I really act like a 19 year old.
1:16.5	I'm based in New Jersey. I live in French town, New Jersey, our offices in Maristown, New
1:22.5	Jersey, but I'm a New Yorker through and through.
1:25.4	And our current business is called Evolution Labs and super excited to take you on our journey
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