The education system is broken, but Tade Oyerinde is on a mission to save it with his startup Campus. He raised tens of millions from Sam Altman, Dr. Shaquille O'Neal, and many others. This is his multi-billion dollar plan.

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(0:00) Introduction and Tade Oyerinde's early life and education (4:09) Tade's transition from Aerospace Engineering to entrepreneurship (9:21) Launch and growth of Tade's first company, Gleepost (13:10) Tade's decision to drop out of university for Univerlette and its eventual fall (19:14) Shift to mobile apps for universities and inception of CampusWire (30:22) Quick podcast break and request for subscription (30:33) The unique model and mission of CampusWire (40:02) Overcoming setbacks and learning from failures in business (43:22) Failed acquisition attempt and successful acquisition of MTI College (54:13) Techniques to help students visualize their long-term goals and wrapping up the interview