Teaching Millions of People to Code with Zach Sims, Co-Founder & CEO of Codecademy

Zach Sims is the cofounder and CEO of Codecademy ( https://www.codecademy.com/ ) the easiest way to learn to code. Since the company started in August of 2011, millions of people have begun learning to program using the site. Codecademy has worked with organizations like The White House, the Government of Colombia, American Express, Rakuten, and more. Zach and his cofounder Ryan have raised millions in venture capital financing from top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, Yuri Milner, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, SV Angel, Richard Branson, Y Combinator, and more. Prior to founding Codecademy, Zach was a student at Columbia University. He has worked in product and business development/strategy capacities at startups including GroupMe (sold to Skype) and drop.io (sold to Facebook). He also has experience in the venture capital industry with AOL Ventures, the venture capital arm of AOL. Zach and Codecademy have been honored by many publications. TIME Magazine called Codecademy one of the "50 Best Websites of 2012," while TechCrunch awarded Codecademy the "Best Education Startup" Crunchie Award in 2013. Zach has been named to Inc. Magazine's 30 Under 30 list, along with Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 list. The City of New York named him a New York City Venture Fellow in 2013. Subscribe to my channel: http://bit.ly/2FDFShD Listen to my podcast where I interview Founders and VCs: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2brgfQP... Show Notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/ Connect with me: Twitter:   / justingordon212   Instagram:   / justingordon8   LinkedIn:   / justincharlesgordon   Pitch your startup: https://www.vitalize.vc/ Who am I? Hey! I'm Justin :) Based in Los Angeles, I’m the Director of Marketing & Community at Vitalize Venture Capital, host a podcast called Just Go Grind interviewing founders and investors, write a weekly newsletter sharing the best ideas and insights I’ve discovered, and write articles on business and life. Subscribe to my newsletter for the best ideas I've found on business and life each week: https://www.justingordon.com/newsletter/