#552: Chrisman Frank on Teaching Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Chrisman Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Synthesis, a new educational experience for children aged 8-14 that focuses on teaching problem solving and critical thinking skills. In this conversation, we discuss the industrial education system, why students are suffering, how teachers fit into the system, why the old model doesn’t work, how Synthesis works, the current traction of the business, and what parents are saying. ======================= BlockFi provides financial products for crypto investors. Products include high-yield interest accounts, USD loans, and no fee trading. To start earning today visit: http://www.blockfi.com/Pomp ======================= Choice is a new self-directed IRA product that I'm really excited about. If you are listening to this, you are likely part of the 7.1 million bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not bitcoin. I was in that situation too. Now you can actually buy real Bitcoin in your retirement account. I'm talking about owning your private keys and using tax-advantaged dollars to do it too. Absolute game changer. https://www.retirewithchoice.com/pomp ======================= Gemini is a regulated cryptocurrency exchange, wallet, and custodian that makes it simple and secure to buy bitcoin, ether, and other cryptocurrencies: https://www.gemini.com/ =======================

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to
0:04.7	the Pomp podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Now let's kick this thing off.
0:09.6	Chrisman Frank is the co-founder and CEO of Synthesis, a new educational experience for children aged
0:15.7	8 to 14 that focuses on teaching problem solving and critical thinking skills. In this conversation, we discussed the industrial education system, why students are suffering,
0:26.4	how teachers fit into the system, why the old model doesn't work, how synthesis works,
0:32.0	the current traction of the business, and what parents are saying.
0:35.6	I really enjoyed this conversation with Chrisman,
0:38.1	and I'm a proud investor in synthesis,
0:40.1	so I hope you really enjoy this one.
0:42.2	Before we get into this episode, though,
0:43.9	I want to quickly talk about our sponsors.
0:45.9	First up is BlockFi.
0:47.6	BlockFi provides financial products for crypto investors.
0:50.6	Those products include a high-yield interest account,
0:52.8	a U.S. dollar loan product against your
0:55.0	crypto collateral, and a no-fee trading in their cryptocurrency exchange. BlockFi is also releasing
1:01.2	a Bitcoin rewards credit card. It's a regular credit card that pays in Bitcoin rather than
1:05.8	cashback or airline miles. To start earning today, go visit them at blockfi.com slash pomp. Again, blockfi.com
1:13.8	slash pomp and get signed up today, blockfi.com slash pomp. Next up is choice. Choice is rebuilding
1:20.9	the way you approach retirement, which starts with making it simple to include Bitcoin and other
1:24.9	cryptocurrencies in your savings. More than 20,000 Bitcoiners,
1:28.8	myself included, have already signed up to start investing. To celebrate Tax Day being moved back
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