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Jun 2022
50m 41s

The SPAC Market + EdTech, Apprenticeship...

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Euan Blair, the founder and CEO of Multiverse, an ed-tech startup that provides professional apprenticeship programs in partnership with employers around the world, joins Scott to discuss the business model and logistics, how the company doubled its valuation from just eight months ago to reach $1.7 billion, and how different cultures have different relationships with apprenticeships. 

Scott opens with why investors are wary to park their money in SPACs. 

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