Timothy Chen’s story isn’t your typical Silicon Valley success arc. He didn’t start as a hotshot coder - Microsoft once slotted him into the IT track, nothing more. Yet he went on to become a member of the Apache Software Foundation, contribute to open-source projects like Kafka and Mesos (the one-time rival to Kubernetes), and now runs Essence VC, where he backs infrastructure founders with a hands-on approach. In this episode, we talk about: The underdog mindset that turne...
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Timothy Chen’s story isn’t your typical Silicon Valley success arc. He didn’t start as a hotshot coder - Microsoft once slotted him into the IT track, nothing more. Yet he went on to become a member of the Apache Software Foundation, contribute to open-source projects like Kafka and Mesos (the one-time rival to Kubernetes), and now runs Essence VC, where he backs infrastructure founders with a hands-on approach. In this episode, we talk about: The underdog mindset that turne...
Stephanie Franklin: The Role of Data in Making Education Policy Count - and the Challenges Behind It
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Stephanie Franklin: The Role of Data in Making Education Policy Count - and the Challenges Behind It
How do you measure whether an education policy is actually working? In this episode, I talk with Stephanie Franklin, Deputy Associate Commissioner of Strategy and Analytics at one of the largest education agencies in the U.S. We dive into the grounding yet complex role data plays in education - how student outcomes are tracked, how metrics are built to drive accountability, and the delicate balance between actionable insight and student privacy, in a world of emerging tech. From evaluating...
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Timothy Chen’s story isn’t your typical Silicon Valley success arc. He didn’t start as a hotshot coder - Microsoft once slotted him into the IT track, nothing more. Yet he went on to become a member of the Apache Software Foundation, contribute to open-source projects like Kafka and Mesos (the one-time rival to Kubernetes), and now runs Essence VC, where he backs infrastructure founders with a hands-on approach. In this episode, we talk about: The underdog mindset that turne...
