Jamie Beaton
CEO and Co-Founder at Crimson Education
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In their own words
From S3 | E1 - Jamie Beaton (Crimson Education) on scaling a global education empire, the future of universities, and AI’s role in learning · Diaspora NZA huge amount of the world's universities today shouldn't really exist anymore, because they've got no competitive advantage.
Career
- Now CEO and Co-Founder · Crimson Education
- Earlier Analyst · Tiger Management
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Key moments
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- 1:11 The wildest education history: Harvard, Yale, Oxford beyond
- 3:40 Crimson’s 10-year journey from a bold pitch to a global business
- 6:48 How the real college admissions process works (and what most Kiwis get wrong)
- 9:52 Buying vs. building: How Jamie makes big bets on acquisitions
- 14:55 The myth of online education and why self-motivation changes everything
- 18:08 How Crimson finds the next generation of ambitious Kiwis
- 25:17 The AI revolution: Private tutoring for everyone—at 1% of the cost
- 35:53 Is there a reckoning coming for the long tail of higher education?
- 44:02 Why Kiwis need to get out—and when to do it
- 56:06 The biggest leadership lessons Jamie had to unlearn
Connections
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