Valued at $1 billion, digital study platform Quizlet has 50 million active users in 130 countries, and has seen growth of 300-400% during Covid. CEO Matthew Glotzbach discusses the perils and possibilities of self-directed learning, shocking insights from Quizlet’s data on how the pandemic has affected study habits by country and how to address the very real mental health issues of young people today.

Show notes:
- Twitter: @quizlet & @mglotzbach
- More about Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/en-gb
- Series C funding round: https://www.uktech.news/featured/quizlet-raises-24m-series-c-20200514
- How pandemic has shaped how we educate: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/digital-learning-covid-19-changed-way-we-educate-children/
- Favourite book about learning: Benedict Carey, ‘How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens’ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19288640-how-we-learn
- Favourite book not about learning: Ijeoma Oluo, ‘So You Want to Talk About Race’, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race
- Binge-watching: Jack Ryan, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5057054/