S6 Bonus: Alexander Deeb, Classhook (Replay)

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Alex Deeb was influenced by the education space early on. He had many teachers who inspired him through his life, and his parents pushed him to do well in school on order to obtain better opportunities. Along side of that, he is interested in equitable opportunities, which is a big driver for him in his professional ventures. He is passionate about helping learn about new opportunities. He grew up in Long Island, NY - so of course, he loves pizza. He frequents the local pizza house, which in his opinion is Stellas'. He gets 2 slices of regular cheese, with a coke - which is the only time he drinks soda. One day, he and his friends got together to have a business brainstorming question. One of the questions that came up was how can you make videos searchable? Also, how can you improve engagement within schools, perhaps with popular media? This is the creation story of Classhook. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The advice I would give them is to really focus on the vision.
0:07.0	People don't judge you based on what you have now.
0:10.0	They do a little bit, especially if you're a customer, but if you're pitching and you're
0:14.0	trying to share your idea with people, you want to convey the vision.
0:18.0	Like, what can this be? What can this do?
0:22.3	How can this help people?
0:28.0	That's huge, because if you can convince people that what you're doing is the right thing,
0:33.2	they'll know that you're going to make it happen and that you're on the right path.
0:37.5	Even if you're not there right now, what you're going to do is, um, is going to be something amazing.
0:42.3	I'm Alex Deeb, co-founder and CEO of Class Hook.
0:59.2	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
1:01.1	A team that has your back.
1:05.9	I'm your host, Noah Labhart, and today how Alex D. created the platform for educators to increase student engagement using popular media.
1:13.4	All this and more on Code Story.
1:22.0	Alex D. was influenced by the education space early on. He had many teachers who inspired him through his life
1:28.7	and his parents pushed him to do well in school in order to obtain better opportunities.
1:34.2	Alongside that, he's interested in equitable opportunities, which is a big driver for him in his
1:39.8	professional ventures. He's passionate about helping others learn about new opportunities. He grew up in
1:47.1	Long Island, New York, so of course, he loves pizza. He frequents the best local pizza house,
1:52.7	which in his opinion is Stella's. He gets two slices of regular cheese with a Coke,
1:57.6	which he says is the only time he drink soda.
2:05.3	One day, he and his friends got together to have a business brainstorming session.
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