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AZ Tech Podcast
Matthew Pittinsky, CEO, Parchment - Education, college admissions and Atari
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Hamid Shojaee
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Season 2
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Episode 28
Before Matthew Pittinsky was CEO of the EdTech company Parchment, he was co-founder and CEO of Blackboard, Inc., a software used by universities across the country. If you went to college in the aughts, you likely used Blackboard to submit assignments and interact with your class and professor. Matthew has been passionate about education since he was a kid and has been involved with education for most of his professional career. He's even received a PhD in the sociology of education.
In this episode, Matthew tells Hamid about his experience as a "bad student," his ability to bootstrap creatively and his love of Atari.
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