How Did The Founder Of Grockit Raise $17+ Mil To Revolutionize Education? – with Farbood Nivi

Farbood Nivi, Grockit, Educational Company, Mental Game

The short answer to the headline’s question is that Farbood Nivi was obsessively committed.

Listen to the interview to hear details of how he did it, including: How he worked on Grockit in the hospital while recovering from a terrible accident. What he did to win over an early investor who felt is presentation wasn’t strong enough. And how his passion was so contagious that top investors wanted to help him reach his goal of remaking education.

Farbood Nivi

Grockit

Farbood Nivi is the founder of Grockit, which is creating a revolutionary P2P learning platform that will allow the world to teach itself.

 

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