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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
Describes investors' attitudes toward online learning, illustraing that theme with an account of Howard Schultz's $7.5 million investment in Capella (Schultz is known for such other moderately successful enterprises as Starbucks and eBay). The theme, in a nutshell: ""There are some big problems in the educational arena and we think we are tackling one of the biggest. Big problems usually translate into big money-making opportunities."

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