MTS@MTSlive8h ago

FULL INTERVIEW: Gagan Biyani says most 18-year-olds should not go straight into the real world. He wants them spending 2 or 3 years on things that aren't for a paycheck or for building the next big thing. @gaganbiyani, co-founder of Udemy and Maven, and @eriktorenberg, general partner at @a16z, launched the Horowitz Andreessen Academy today. Tuition-free, no grades, no tests, 50 students, and over 200 speakers including Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Steven Sinofsky. They joined @sophiadew: 01:37 why now, and why nobody pulled this off 10 years ago 04:21 the building on the hill where the books used to be 07:06 why being new to a field is now an advantage 08:57 co-op model, no grades, no tests, and pursuits 11:45 a day in the life, starting with your pursuits 13:30 the guest lecturer list: Jensen, Collison, Satya, Sinofsky, Logan Ury 15:30 the network is there, but you have to earn the meeting 16:37 who they actually want to apply 17:17 the philosopher-builder, and Steve Jobs on calligraphy 21:11 why he's not telling 18-year-olds to skip this and go build