Attention all teachers… wouldn’t it be nice to have an easier way to keep track of everything in a classroom? Well thanks to William Zhou, now you can. Before the age of 23, Zhou came up with a brilliant idea to make life easier on teachers. William came up with Chalk.com, a mobile platform that allows teachers to manage their daily workload (lesson plans, assessments, attendance etc.) more efficiently. The idea has become very successful; being used in over 20,000 schools. Even at a young age, William was able to be innovative.
William Zhou was born in Beijing and raised in Vancouver.William has been passionate about entrepreneurship from a young age; he found his first company while still in high school. He launched his first internet business in 2010, which he sold at the age 18 during his first year at the University of Waterloo. While still in college, William spoke with his teachers from high school about their professional experiences. He found that teaching was not very easy and began thinking of a way to change education for the better. This was the beginning of his masterful idea.
In anything you do in life, you must work hard at it. Nothing will come easy. If you have the passion and you have the drive, anything is possible. This is basically what Zhou was telling us in an interview with KidBacker magazine; He states that if you find something you are truly passionate about, you can change the world. Start young and do not be afraid to take chances.
There you have it teachers! Check out Chalk.com to make your lives easier!
If you would like to see learn more and read up on his interview, click on this link:
https://kidbacker.com/entrepreneur-spotlight-william-zhou/
I think it is really interesting that a student would take interest in the predicaments of the teachers. It takes a rare mind and personality to try to relate to the difficulties of one’s authority pictures. It is also very interesting that he would seek to fix this at such an early, young age. It truly reflects the dogged ambition of an entrepreneur.