{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP. 6 - Coming Full Circle","description":"Host reunites with his Educational Counselor decades after graduation and discovers some surprises. Guest: Curtis Blaine, MIT Class of \u201967, Course 15 and 21B, Baker House. What if I challenged you to start a software company and keep it cash flow positive 40 years later? There's a catch though. You are the only full-time employee and you can only hire teenage summer interns. Meet the MIT alumnus who accomplished this feat. I know because I was one of those interns. Episode notes and transcript MathTutor Educational Software, Inc. is a leading publisher of self-study tutorial software for Grades 6-12 math. Contact Curtis through his website if you'd like to help take his ambitious new math portal from prototype to reality. Per MIT's website: "As advocates and ambassadors for MIT, Educational Counselors (ECs) recruit, interview, and respond to the concerns of admissions candidates within communities across the country and abroad. Uniquely positioned to put a human face on the Institute, ECs encourage and assist students and their parents in discovering MIT's educational, social, and extracurricular opportunities." Call to action: 1. MIT Alumni \u2013 Sign up to become an Educational Counselor. More ECs are needed to accommodate increasing undergraduate applications. Volunteering as an MIT Educational Counselor 2. MIT Undergraduate Alumni - Contact your EC from years ago and say, "Hello!" Your EC will be thrilled to hear from you. You never know what you'll discover. Additional Info The Tech Article: Boston Globe Hack Follow the show on the LinkedIn and Twitter If you have a story suggestion related to MIT, please contact me at host [at] institrve [dot] com Copyright 2022 Institrve ","author_name":"INSTITRVE","author_url":"https:\/\/institrve.com","html":"