20VC: Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory on What Is Missing In EdTech? What Does The Integration Of AI & Education Look Like & The Core Pillars Of Optimising Memory

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🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Ed Cooke is the Founder & CEO @ Memrise, the app that makes learning languages joyful and they have funding from some of the best including Lerer Hippeau, Balderton Capital and Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg just to name a few. As for Ed, he must have the most diverse background of any guest as he is a former grandmaster of memory, is a prominent author and features heavily in the book, Moonwalking With Einstein, in which Ed was the memory coach for Josh Foer where he took Josh from beginner to US memory champion in just 1 year.

In Today’s Episode You Will Learn:

1.) How Ed went from being a Grandmaster of Memory to a startup founder with Memrise?

2.) What is the essence of learning? How does Ed break down the process? Does the segmentation of these parts allow you to optimise certain elements?

3.) What are the prospect ahead for the world of Edtech? Was Tim Berners-Lee right to say that the web has some way from fulfilling it's potential?

4.) How important is gamification for the future of EdTech? How does this affect retention? How does this affect monetisation and conversion?

5.) How does Ed believe AI will integrate into the future of EdTech? What kinds of intelligence will be able to be created?

Items Mentioned In Today’s Episode:

Ed’s Fave Blog: Continuations by Albert Wenger

Ed’s Fave Book: From Dawn To Decadence

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0:00.0	Welcome to the 20 minute VC with your host Harry Stebbings and you can add me on Snapchat
0:03.9	to see behind the scenes footage from the show, startup pitches and VC offices.
0:08.2	That's on at H Stebbings with 2Bs.
0:10.4	Now for this very special Founders Friday's Day, we have one of my very good friends from the
0:14.1	Texian joining us.
0:15.3	Let's just say if you follow me on Snapchat, many of the Mihito's posted have been with
0:19.0	this man and I commonly describe him as the
0:21.0	most intelligent person I know, and fun fact, it was actually his memory techniques that I used in my
0:26.0	A-level exams to get top marks across the board. He's special. So the special one joining me today is
0:31.3	Ed Cook. Now, Ed is the founder and CEO at Memrise, the app that makes learning languages
0:36.3	joyful, and they have funding from some of the
0:38.3	best in the world, including Lira Hippo, Balderton Capital and WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg,
0:43.4	just to name a few. As for Ed, he must have the most diverse background of any guest, as he's a former
0:48.2	grandmaster of memory, he's also a prominent author and features heavily in the book Walking with
0:53.0	Einstein, in which he was the
0:54.3	memory coach for Josh Fuer where he took Josh from beginner to US memory champion in just one year.
0:59.3	A fantastic chap and I'm always learning from Ed. Also I have two big thank yous today. First to Mark
1:04.3	Evans for making the introduction today to Ed and then to Gabriella Hirschum for letting us record
1:09.2	this at the amazing co-working space that is HuckleTree.
1:11.8	But before we meet Ed, let's be honest, most problems start in the mind.
1:15.7	Fear, anger, stress, anxiety, sleeplessness.
1:18.8	They begin in your head, but they can really wreck your life.
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