#352 - Ryan Delk - Founder @ Primer - Fixing the Broken US Education System & Saving San Francisco

Ryan Delk is the CEO and Founder of Primer — a platform that helps the top 1% of teachers launch Microschools in their communities. He’s spent the last decade building tech companies (like Square, Gumroad, and Omni) and was homeschooled K - 8th grade, which served as the early inspiration for Primer.  We discuss: - The state of education in America - Building Primer - Ryan’s mission to save San Francisco We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.  https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Links Ryan on X Primer Topics (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:07) - Homeschooling & education in America 00:15:21 - Are we getting smarter in the current way we learn in school  (00:17:27) - Building Primer (00:25:19) - The process of starting a Microschool (00:30;15) - Zoning challenges & changing legislation (00:37:15) - Raising money from iconic investors (00:41:54) - Do people actively try to stop Primer from existing? (00:45:30) - Hiring undiscovered talent (00:52:17) - Ryan’s mission to save San Francisco (01:00:10) - Problem paralysis (01:02:28) - Grow SF (01:10:19) - The vibe shift (01:16:29) - Getting the most out of your day (01:21:35) - It’s all fake Support our Sponsors Fort: https://bit.ly/FortCompanies Follow Fort on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fort-companies/ Chris on Social Media: X: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd   Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX Visit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvys Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0 Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO  The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts