EP 170 - James Lewis - co-Founder and CEO of learnreel - The Social Contract Changed

The Asia Tech Podcast thoroughly enjoyed speaking with James Lewis, a co-Founder and the CEO of learnreel.  learnreel is short-form learning in a simple video-based app.

Some of the topics that James and I discussed:

• The experience of graduating from University months before Lehman Brothers collapsed
• How his job offer from Citigroup got rescinded
• Realizing that if he wanted to learn something he could do it himself
• Online, desktop platforms had made learning on one's own easier
• When he graduated he did not know the 'startup' career path was a thing
• Those original online learning platforms were built for long-form learning
• How learning outcomes are delivered and the time in which they are delivered
• Completion rates for traditional online learning
• The growth of short video platforms and their impact on learning
• Connection-based social media vs. interest-based
• The creator economy and the redefinition of 'expertise'
• Survivor bias