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Bridging the Skills Gap for Students through Experiencial Learning with Jordan Levy
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Production team:
Host : Maria Xenidou
Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian
Introduction Voice: David Bourne
Contact us:
impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com
Music credits:
Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals
Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks
Where to find Jordan Levy:
On Linkedin
Mentioned in this episode:
Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
Listen to this episode and explore:
Childhood: Being a wheeler-dealer, learning to cook with his mom and growing up in a bi-cultural household (3:24)
High School & College: studying accounting only to be disappointed by his internship in that field (8:10)
How he shifted from accounting to entrepreneurship in experiential learning (11:56)
The critical role of professors and mentors (16:06)
Starting his first business while an undergraduate in college: Real Time Cases (18:45)
CapSource: vision and mission (21:20)
The numbers for CapSource (25:51)
Why there is a disconnect between higher ed and the professional realm (27:24)
CapSource’s step-by-step process (30:46)
How they manage their different projects (35:14)
Creating real outcomes for the students (38:37)
How mentors have a stake in the success of the mentoring relationship (41:30)
The importance of getting specific advice from specific mentors that are related to their situation and project (46:42)
OKR: Setting clear objectives and goals to measure the success of the project (47:42)
How to ensure that students' learning is the priority of the collaboration: have the universities pay for the cost of the programs (49:52)
Jordan’s biggest challenge (54:54)
Jordan’s biggest learning (1:00:25)
What Jordan wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (1:03:04)
Maria's takeaways related to CapSource's distinct process (1:07:34)
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