David Blake

David Blake

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Founder & CEO
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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  • Future of Work Studios
    Venture Studio
    Future of Work Studios
    Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 10 months)
    Operating Companies: Learn In, BookClub
    Investor: Podium Education, Transfr VR, Sounding Board, Prenda, OnDeck
    Advisor: GSV Ventures, Kalos Ventures, prev. McKinsey & Co.
    Speaker: Globally, incl. USA, CA, MX, India, Brazil, UK, EU, KSA, UAE, Qatar, Australia
    Author: The Expertise Economy co-authored w/ Kelly Palmer
  • Degreed
    Founder & CEO
    Degreed
    Jan 2012 - Current (14 years 10 months)
  • BookClub
    Founder & Exec Chairman
    BookClub
    Mar 2020 - Jul 2023 (3 years 5 months)
  • Learn In
    Founder (Acq by Degreed)
    Learn In
    Jan 2020 - May 2022 (2 years 5 months)
  • Chegg Zinch acquired by Chegg
    Zinch Exec Team
    Chegg Zinch acquired by Chegg
    Jul 2008 - Jun 2011 (3 years)
  • Oliver Wyman
    Management Consultant
    Oliver Wyman
    Jul 2007 - Jan 2009 (1 year 7 months)
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  • Hasso Plattner Institute
    The EdTech Entrepreneurs' Lab, Design Thinking
    Hasso Plattner Institute
    Jan 2011
  • Brigham Young University
    Bachelor's Degree, Economics
    Brigham Young University
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2007 (2 years 1 month)
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    The Expertise Economy
    Nicholas Brealey Sep
    The world of work is going through a large-scale transition with digitization, automation and acceleration. Critical skills and expertise are imperative for companies and their employees to succeed in the future, and the most forward-thinking companies are being proactive in adapting to the shift in the workforce. Kelly Palmer, Silicon Valley thought-leader from LinkedIn, Degreed, and Yahoo, and David Blake, co-founder of Ed-tech pioneer Degreed, share their experiences and describe how some of the smartest companies in the world are making learning and expertise a major competitive advantage.

    The authors provide the latest scientific research on how people really learn and concrete examples from companies in both Silicon Valley
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    Jailbreaking the Degree
    TechCrunch May
    Education isn’t all-or-nothing. College and its primary credential, the degree, needn’t be either. The benefit of modern, online education is that the burden of logistics and infrastructure are greatly reduced, allowing for the potential of a fluid, lifelong education model.
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