In Memoriam

A leaky roof meant a lot to online education industry executive and pioneer Nathan Bisk.

Not the roof itself, but as a metaphor for how Bisk lived his life, raised his family and built a multimillion-dollar business from a start in a Gainesville garage. Bisk didn't want to know the roof was leaking. Instead, he would tell people, he wanted to know someone owned its repair. Was a roofer called? Were there estimates? Was it going to be fixed soon?

“He always wanted to figure out a way to get to yes,” says Michael Bisk, Nathan Bisk's son. “He wanted you to think like an entrepreneur, to think like an owner. He didn't want a bunch of sycophants at his company.”