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Episode 15: Ian Burgess: Entrepreneurship and education in the age of AI
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Episode 15: Ian Burgess: Entrepreneurship and education in the age of AI

Pundits are fretting about AI threats to young people's opportunities. Ian Burgess' new venture Ascendance Foundry is doing the opposite—finding and creating AI-powered jobs for college students.

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Today’s guest is Ian Burgess. Besides being my identical twin brother, Ian is founder and President of Ascendance Foundry, co-founder and former President of Validere, former Senior Venture Partner at the Pioneer Fund, board member of NEXTCanada and Cquesta, and the world’s sixth-ranked amateur long driver. We discuss his experience and philosophy on entrepreneurship, where he thinks AI will create new job opportunities, and he offers his advice for young people on how they can seize these opportunities. Preparing young people for the AI workforce of tomorrow is the focus of Ascendance Foundry.

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