William Zhou is the co-founder and leader of Chalk.com. The education software company helps teachers from the kindergarten level to 12th grade, or the end of secondary school. Zhou was born in Beijing, China. He grew up in the Canadian city of Vancouver and founded his first company when he was still in high school. Zhou sold the company when he was studying computer science at Canada’s University of Waterloo. But he strongly wanted to make a change in education. From his dorm room, Zhou created Chalk. It is a group of programs that supports individual teaching and learning. Based in Canada, Chalk is now used in 20,000 schools by more than 100,000 users worldwide. Forbes magazine included Zhou in its list of top 30 under-30-year-old business leaders for education in 2015. Zhou says building startups is a difficult process because it could last years. It’s only worth it if you find something you truly care about something you’re passionate about. Otherwise, you may just end up crashing.
Title: Four Young People Who Make the World Better: William Zhou
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Beijing, China. </span> <span data-start-time='17708' data-end-time='25292'>He grew up in the Canadian city of Vancouver and founded his first company when he was still in high school.</span> <span data-start-time='25292' data-end-time='35500'>Zhou sold the company when he was studying computer science at Canada’s University of Waterloo. </span> <span data-start-time='35500' data-end-time='39396'>But he strongly wanted to make a change in education.</span> <span data-start-time='39396' data-end-time='43146'>From his dorm room, Zhou created Chalk. </span> <span data-start-time='43146' data-end-time='49229'>It is a group of programs that supports individual teaching and learning. </span> <span data-start-time='49229' data-end-time='59458'>Based in Canada, Chalk is now used in 20,000 schools by more than 100,000 users worldwide.</span> <span data-start-time='59458' data-end-time='71229'>Forbes magazine included Zhou in its list of top 30 under-30-year-old business leaders for education in 2015. </span> <span data-start-time='71229' data-end-time='79104'>Zhou says building startups is a difficult process because it could last years.</span> <span data-start-time='79104' data-end-time='86604'>It’s only worth it if you find something you truly care about something you’re passionate about. </span> <span data-start-time='86604' data-end-time='90000'>Otherwise, you may just end up crashing.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/918/will_img.png'/></div></div><div 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