Published inThe StartupEdTech in Latin America: The Opportunity in Workforce DevelopmentI collaborated with Felipe Arango and Vedant Agrawal for this article.Dec 10, 2021Dec 10, 2021
Helpful Resources for African EdTech foundersA brief list of resources to help African founders and startups build and grow their ventures in the EdTech space.Jul 22, 20213Jul 22, 20213
Published inThe StartupIs VC an Old Boys’ Club? Insights From Co-Investments in ~70K Transactions Between 2010 and 2020In this blog post, I explore ~70,000 VC transactions between 2010 and 2020, focusing on co-investments. Specifically, I explain which VCs…Jan 15, 20212Jan 15, 20212
2020: The year in 20 (nerdy) graphsIn this blog post, I teamed up with Eleno Castro to tell the story of this eventful year in 20 graphs. Most of the graphs in this post are…Dec 30, 20201Dec 30, 20201
Published inThe StartupData Science to the rescue: re-creating FC Barcelona’s glory team with new blood and fresh feetUsing 1.7 Million data points in FIFA (the PlayStation game) datasets to “clone” FC Barcelona’s 2014/2015 squad.Nov 25, 20202Nov 25, 20202
Published inThe StartupMapping the Global EdTech Venture Capital Space: Insights From 2015–2020Following up on my earlier post on EdTech investments in 2020, and digging deeper into venture capital in EdTech, this article explores…Nov 10, 20202Nov 10, 20202
Published inThe StartupHypothesis testing on Instagram: COVID-19 prevalence in my networkOn an otherwise boring Friday night, I decided to launch a poll on my Instagram to ask my friends if they had tested positive for COVID-19…Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020
COVID-19 and the Economy: insights from a cross-country viewI thank my friend Luca Sartorio for giving me access to his data on the stringency of COVID- related lockdowns, as part of his reseatch at…Oct 9, 2020Oct 9, 2020