What Niels Hoven has said about Motivation design in educational software
1 quote · 1 episode · Sep 10, 2026
Niels Hoven, Founder and CEO of Mentava, an education software company for fast learners; former game designer at Pocket Gems, has been quoted on Motivation design in educational software once in 1 episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, most recently on September 10, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Hoven frames motivation design as either increasing rewards or lowering the effort required.
“you can either increase the size of the reward on the other side or you can lower the hoop”
The Tim Ferriss Show: #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of Mentava (Sep 10, 2026) · Listen from 10:56
Episodes
#882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of MentavaThe Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 10, 2026 · 2 h 14 min
Tim Ferriss runs a live coaching session with Mentava founder Niels Hoven on positioning, pricing, referrals, and marketing for his early-literacy app for preschoolers.
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