Jim Lobdell is a former public high school teacher who co-founded Teachers' Curriculum Institute and created the History Alive! curriculum, giving him rare founder experience in K–12 education at national scale before becoming a venture investor. His investment thesis centers on supporting caring, skilled teachers with great curriculum rather than focusing primarily on school structure or tech integration, and he backs companies that embed pedagogy and teacher experience into their products. Jim Lobdell is a former public high school teacher who co-founded Teachers' Curriculum Institute and created the History Alive! curriculum, giving him rare founder experience in K–12 education at national scale before becoming a venture investor. His investment thesis centers on supporting caring, skilled teachers with great curriculum rather than focusing primarily on school structure or tech integration, and he backs companies that embed pedagogy and teacher experience into their products.