In August of 2010, I was one of the first employees at a small startup called GroupMe. The story seems familiar—a duo of young entrepreneurs started the company and modeled it on a problem they had.

Recorded on July 6, 2015. Today on Cribs we’re touring the New York City headquarters of Codecademy, the startup that makes an interactive platform to teach people how to program. Codecademy is based ...

There’s something about Codecademy that made investors plunk down $2.5 million dollars today to help the Y Combinator startup teach more people to code online. Codecademy uses game mechanics to make ...