On Today's Episode, we sit down with Steve Grubbs. Steve graduated from the University of Iowa with an undergraduate degree in finance. After graduating Steve jumped into presidential campaigns where he ran Bob Dole's Iowa Campaign before returning to school. While getting his law degree Steve started his campaign for state representative. Eventually, he won and served from 1990 to 1996 where four of those years were spent as chairman of the House Education Committee where he authored the state's first education technology bill. Nowadays Steve spends his time innovating and changing the future of education and education technology with his company VictoryXR. Founded in 2016, VictoryXR looks to introduce innovative ways for students to learn through virtual and augmented reality. Since the company's founding, online education has rapidly expanded around the country and the world. Steve and his team at VictoryXR offer immersive classrooms and campuses through virtual reality and are working to shape the future for students learning online and in the metaverse.
Intro
1:40 Steve's background and decision on choosing Iowa for college
3:12 Why were student politics in college the hardest politics Steve has been involved in?
5:15 Lessons learned while in college
6:45 Being involved in presidential campaigns in Iowa as a young adult
Politics
9:25 Steve's thoughts on moving away from Iowa as first state election and caucus for presidential campaigns
11:28 Steve's thoughts on the upcoming 2024 presidential election
13:09 Creating the state's first education technology bill as a state rep
15:00 What are the biggest roadblocks in education right now?
Hiring Process and Preparation for Your Career
15:30 How Steve and his company decide to hire new employees and how necessary critical thinking is in the hiring process
17:15 Higher education and is it preparing students for the professional world?
VictoryXR
19:17 What is VictoryXR and it's mission
21:35 Education, Time-traveling, and Triple-A gameplay
23:30 Future of Education and EdTech
Wrap-Up
Books that Steve suggests for entrepreneurs:
Good to Great by Jim Collins
0 to 1 by Peter Thiel
The Founders by Jimmy Soni
Books to understand the world:
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Podcast to Listen to:
How I Built This with Guy Raz
This was a great episode with Steve! If you would like to learn more about Steve and what VictoryXR are doing you can head over to their website at www.victoryxr.com
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