101: Cortney Woodruff On Democratizing World Class Education People Are The Answer podcast

101: Cortney Woodruff on democratizing world class education

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Show notes:

In this episode, Cortney and Jeffrey discuss his learnings in his grandparents grocery store as a kid, his dedication to academics, how he sometimes spent years opening up opportunities, building and growing a business that helped fitness trainers build thriving businesses, living all over the world, changing education, and much more

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qknWDZeSCDw

Learn more:

Host: Jeffrey M. Zucker

Producer: Kait Grey

Editor: Nick Case

Recording date: 10/31/24

Cortney Woodruff:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cortney-woodruff-7182222b/

https://www.instagram.com/tvcort/

Assemble:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/assembleftobegreat/

https://www.assemble.fyi/

https://www.instagram.com/assemble.fyi/

https://x.com/AssembleFYi

Bio:

Cortney Woodruff is the American tech investor, entrepreneur, and founder, CEO of Trainersvault as well as the Co-founder & CEO of the online education platform, Assemble. The international businessman and former Division 1 athlete integrates fitness, finance, tech, and entertainment to empower Black and brown youth through instruction. Woodruff’s mission merges worlds and creates opportunity by connecting Black thought leaders across industries to a broad learning community. The Jackson, Mississippi native has lived in over 10 cities across the United States, Europe, and Asia throughout a self-started career raising seed capital. Dedicated to normalizing success in the Black community, his work combines an expansive worldview with a thriving professional network. Woodruff lives in Los Angeles, California.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:36 - What motivates you?

4:35 - Early Life

9:01 - Success in Mississippi

11:59 - Education

17:10 - First Start Up

19:11 - Trainer's Vault

44:13 - Assemble

56:12 - How to Access Assemble

56:59 - How Does Assemble Recruit Experts?

59:54 - Future of Assemble

1:02:59 - Evolution of Education

1:09:16 - When Work Affected Change

1:12:39 - Ask Jeff a Question

1:16:30 - Snap Your Fingers

1:20:06 - How to Support

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