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- Tommy Otzen, Co-Founder, Kubo Robot (3:52)
- Inge Patsch, Founder of Career Disha Nepal (11:16)
- Alette Baartman, Founder of Thomas en Charles and Keen Collective (17:41)
- Lotis Bautista, Co-Founder, Volo Group (29:35)
- Ekaterina Matveeva, Founder, Amolingua (40:26)
- Filipe Lopes, Brightbooks (54:02)
- Laura Lonsdale, Lime Rocket (01:02)
Sample Quotes: Inge Patsch, Founder of Career Disha Nepal: Most of the Nepalese are extremely young. 34% are under 40 years old and many of them are the first to be educated at all. Alette Baartman, Founder of Thomas en Charles and Keen Collective: Companies should talk more to teachers because there are lots of beautiful things going on in the classrooms. References: Sponsorship: Contact theedtechpodcast@gmail.com to find out more 1000+ listeners from 69 countries each week 3 ad slots per episode Co-curated takeover episodes International pop-ups and LIVE podcast recording events Support independent community building in the edtech space Subscribe: Never miss an episode! Subscribe to The Edtech Podcast via iTunes, TuneIN Radio, Stitcher, Pocket Cast and many more. You can also subscribe to The Edtech Podcast weekly for news, events updates and episode links: Sign up to The EdTech Podcast Weekly |