Bridging the Skills Gap for Students through Experiencial Learning with Jordan Levy

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

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Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Where to find Jordan Levy:

CapSource

On Linkedin

Mentioned in this episode:

Lehigh University

Baker Institute for Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation

The Real Time Cases

Fordham University

John Katzman

Listen to this episode and explore:

Childhood: Being a wheeler-dealer, learning to cook with his mom and growing up in a bi-cultural household (3:24)

High School & College: studying accounting only to be disappointed by his internship in that field (8:10)

How he shifted from accounting to entrepreneurship in experiential learning (11:56)

The critical role of professors and mentors (16:06)

Starting his first business while an undergraduate in college: Real Time Cases (18:45)

CapSource: vision and mission (21:20)

The numbers for CapSource (25:51)

Why there is a disconnect between higher ed and the professional realm (27:24)

CapSource’s step-by-step process (30:46)

How they manage their different projects (35:14)

Creating real outcomes for the students (38:37)

How mentors have a stake in the success of the mentoring relationship (41:30)

The importance of getting specific advice from specific mentors that are related to their situation and project (46:42)

OKR: Setting clear objectives and goals to measure the success of the project (47:42)

How to ensure that students' learning is the priority of the collaboration: have the universities pay for the cost of the programs (49:52)

Jordan’s biggest challenge (54:54)

Jordan’s biggest learning (1:00:25)

What Jordan wants to leave his mark on during his lifetime (1:03:04)

Maria's takeaways related to CapSource's distinct process (1:07:34)