Episode 9: The Democratization of Education

In this episode, Joeel and Natalie interview Chris Haroun and discuss the democratization of education, getting paid to teach what you know and love online, following your passion, and LIVING LIFE ON YOUR TERMS! You’ll learn why Chris, a successful venture capitalist and an award-winning MBA professor, reinvented himself at every level—including leaving behind his successful career in investing to embrace a new frontier—online education—which he has referred to as the New Wall St. With a career that spans Goldman Sachs, Citadel, and Accenture, as well as his own start-ups, he has worked with investment and business leaders, such as Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Marc Benioff, and the CEOs of many of the largest technology companies. Today Chris is a full-time online instructor—but not through traditional university education—instead through 45 of his own online courses. An MBA graduate from Columbia University himself, he is now famous for his top selling business program “An Entire MBA in 1 Course”, which takes students beyond the theoretical and practical frameworks taught in business schools by teaching crucial lessons and practical applications to real world problems. He has shared his powerful, practical, and revolutionary business and life wisdom with more than 500,000 students around the world and his courses have been profiled in Business Insider, NBC, Inc, Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur & on other business news websites In addition to creating online courses, Chris spends his investing in EdTech and contributing to educational charities. He believes that all problems in the world can be solved through education—check out his recent TEDx Talk on this topic. Connect with Chris: http://harouneducationventures.com