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Oct 2018
50m 34s

Cutting-Edge Online Education with Udaci...

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Clarissa Shen, Chief Operating Officer at Udacity, joins host Doug Collom to dive into work and culture at Udacity, an innovative online education provider that offers cutting-edge courses built in partnership with leading companies like Google, AT&T, and Facebook, on Bay Area Ventures.

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