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Darrell Silver

I’ve started a company company!

Frustration is the better mother of invention so 18 months ago I backed Ben to start Union. Mostly it was to shut him up. Ben is Thinkful’s…

3 min readJul 7, 2022

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I’ve started a company company!

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Darrell Silver

Why I’m donating $150k to freeCodeCamp to help fund their next big curriculum

freeCodeCamp is a nonprofit unicorn: 1.3b minutes of FREE learning in 2020, 60% y/y growth since 2015, and sustainably run.

3 min readFeb 2, 2021

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Why I’m donating $150k to freeCodeCamp to help fund their next big curriculum

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Darrell Silver

Departing Thinkful & A New Call to Code

Thinkful now has the best leadership, brand, team, educators, and in Chegg, steward, that it’s ever had. So, it’s time for me to move on.

2 min readOct 27, 2020

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Why our collaboration with Southern New Hampshire University is so exciting

Starting today all Thinkful graduates will be eligible for transfer credits to Southern New Hampshire University. This reflects the track…

2 min readJun 24, 2020

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Why our collaboration with Southern New Hampshire University is so exciting

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Darrell Silver

Founding Year Eight

Today we’re founding the next era in Thinkful history: an era where our mission to build the world’s next workforce truly begins. For…

2 min readSep 4, 2019

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Founding Year Eight

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Darrell Silver

2U + Trilogy: Vote of confidence in Lifelong Learning (and other thoughts)

A few minutes ago 2U announced the acquisition of Trilogy for more than 6x their 2019 revenue – a big number. It continues the…

2 min readApr 8, 2019

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2U + Trilogy: Vote of confidence in Lifelong Learning (and other thoughts)

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Darrell Silver

Why we acquired Bloc and what happened next

Two weeks after announcing we acquired Bloc I sat down with the founder of a large competitor who asked with equal parts curiosity and…

3 min readOct 22, 2018

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Darrell Silver

Thinkful Acquires Bloc

Since 2012 Thinkful and Bloc have been building high-growth tech careers for thousands of students. Until now we’ve been at it separately…

1 min readApr 9, 2018

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Thinkful

Announcing Thinkful’s $9.6m Series A

Our mission is simple: Provide the best return on education for ambitious adults everywhere.

2 min readJan 9, 2018

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Announcing Thinkful’s $9.6m Series A

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Darrell Silver
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Thinkful

Transparency in outcomes: Thinkful’s 2nd CIRR report.

We’re proud to release our second Council on Integrity in Results Reporting (CIRR) Outcomes Report to cover both of our bootcamp programs.

2 min readSep 1, 2017

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Transparency in outcomes: Thinkful’s 2nd CIRR report.

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Darrell Silver

Darrell Silver

Co-founded+CEO'd+sold Thinkful (acquired by Chegg) & Perpetually (Dell). Now researching AI, http://Unbundle.studio, board The Young Center, furniture maker.

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