Venture Caps funding schools - OMG I hope I am wrong about this...
At first blush this article from the NYT looks good. Even the name is enticing, New Schools Venture Fund. And it has been around a while – six years. And it has really smart people behind it like John Doerr, one of the movers and shakers (literally) in the hi-tech world. So, what’s the problem? My concern long-term is about scalability. Just like “Unified School District” sounds good, at a certain point size does matter, as in when school systems get too large, the kids get lost.
Maybe they have cracked the code, but venture capitalists have a mindset of “grow or die” that just might get in the way.
Again, hope I am wrong here.