EP 119 : Building a B school for Startups - Raj Kunkolienkar (Co-founder & Chief Vibe Officer, Stoa School) Cohort Based Learning | Audience Building | Edtech

Raj is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several startups. He is currently the co-founder and the chief vibe officer at Stoa School, a business school that aims to induct people into startups and help people start their own business. In this episode he spoke about Building an audience before building the product, why setting a vibe is important, nuances of enabling a cohort based learning experience and more in his interview with Roshan Cariappa. 

Key Highlights:

(00:00) Introduction

(01:08) Lessons from turning ideas into products and companies

(14:28) Building an Audience before building Product

(17:20) Why is Conventional B-School Education broken 

(20:20) Necessary skills for a 21st century B-School Grad

(23:22) Staying Relevant to your TG

(26:46) Designing the Stoa School curriculum

(29:27) Nuances of Enabling a cohort based learning experience

(32:31) Working on a vibe and how they translate into everyday choices

(35:38) Having people pay only for practical stuff

(38:16) Stories from Stoa alums

(40:26) Raj's optimism for the future

(43:22) Raj's Books and Podcasts recommendations

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Connect with Raj:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunksed/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kunksed

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator

​Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup​​

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