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Founders of Kno, Khan Academy, NIXTY Debate Education and Entrepreneurship

By Audrey Watters / November 17, 2010 02:31 PM / Comments

Are entrepreneurship and education opposed? Can companies be profitable while revolutionizing education? How can startups, with their emphasis on rapid change, co-exist with education, something that is traditionally risk-adverse? Is there an innovation that will be the tipping point for the transformation that is much needed in today's education system? Last night, the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) held an event entitled "De-Classifying Education," in which these questions were addressed by a panel of entrepreneurs and investors.

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