• COVID-19 Update: All coaching sessions are conducted remotely and the crisis has not impacted our operations.

Innovation

This Summer Is the Perfect Time to Launch a Spike
This Summer Is the Perfect Time to Launch a Spike 538 476 Lloyd Nimetz

If you’re laboring away trying to figure out what to do this summer, labor no more; build a Spike. It’s the most fun, developmentally challenging and rewarding way for teens to spend their summer AND it’s pandemic proof!

Empathy Interviewing: How to do It and Why it Matters
Empathy Interviewing: How to do It and Why it Matters 1000 795 Theo Wolf

Empathy interviewing is a valuable skill for anyone in the early stages of an ambitious project. In this post, our coach Sara DuPont breaks down best practices for empathy interviewing.

The Spike Lab at New York EdTech Meetup
The Spike Lab at New York EdTech Meetup 1280 960 Theo Wolf

Last week, our founder Lloyd had the pleasure of speaking on a panel at the New York EdTech Meetup, the country’s largest…

The Spike Lab’s Reason for Being
The Spike Lab’s Reason for Being 1080 674 Lloyd Nimetz

This article explains our company’s mission: to develop “purpose-driven innovators for life”. We are working to foster a fundamental paradigm shift in adolescent education that puts the development of purposeful innovators at the center.

The Future is Why
The Future is Why 1280 384 Larry Liu

In a world of rapidly increasing change, it’s no longer sufficient for students to learn hard skills and facts — the ‘what’. To thrive in this new environment, they need to develop purpose — a ‘why’. This blog post explains why purpose is so important for today’s youth and provides some guidance for how you can develop your own ‘why’.

Teaching at the Frontier: Innovation at Dwight School
Teaching at the Frontier: Innovation at Dwight School 1280 960 Larry Liu

We ran several innovation programs with Dwight School in New York, and faculty from four different Dwight campuses around the world. Learn more about our takeaways here.

The Case For Spike Coaching
The Case For Spike Coaching 800 524 Lloyd Nimetz

A Spike is a unique and impressive achievement that showcases your passion and helps you stand out to college admissions. But why does The Spike Lab’s college counseling program focus so heavily on Spike coaching when other college counselors don’t? Learn about why we believe so strongly in having an amazing Spike and why it’s worth the time and investment.

The Spike Lab’s Reason for Being
The Spike Lab’s Reason for Being 466 215 Lloyd Nimetz

Get an inside look at how our founder, Lloyd Nimetz, thinks about the mission of The Spike Lab: so all students graduate from high school with the achievement skills needed to become leaders and entrepreneurs. Please, not, this is an outdated version of our mission statement. The latest can be read here: https://thespikelab.com/the-spike-labs-reason-for-being-2/

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