EdTech Startups & Businesses
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If You Really Want to Design Useful Edtech, Start with Students
All instruction begins with students. Educators call this student-centered learning, and if you’re going to design a useful edtech product, you’ll start with students, ... -
How Edtech Companies Can Sell to Charter and Private School Markets
Selling to charter and private school markets is a different sales arena altogether, especially if you’re used to selling to public united and independent ... -
Why Edtech Companies Should Hire Educators
With the rise of new edtech companies, the competition to succeed in the industry grows each year. In 2016, the industry raised over 1 ... -
Why Edtech Companies End Up Losing Their Shirts
Before venturing into the exciting and competitive world of educational technology, startups should understand the common pitfalls which plague edtech companies. Smart men learn ... -
How Edtech Companies Can Secure New Business via Education Conferences
It can be hard finding new business if you’re in the edtech industry unless you’re willing to go where the educators are. Edtech companies ... -
Edtech Companies Are From Mars, Schools Are From Venus
Edtech companies and K-12 schools have many of the same goals. They both want to see new technology implemented in the classroom in a ... -
Best Practices for Responding to School District’s RFP’s
Responding to RFP’s – Requests for Proposals – can be a daunting task. Responding to RFP’s issued by schools might prove to be even ... -
How to Turn Your Ideas into an EdTech Startup
Everyone has plenty of ideas, but few people make them happen. Breathing life into an idea can be difficult. The difference between design and ... -
Why EdTech Companies That Do Not Pay Attention to the History of Education Are Doomed to Repeat It
For those in the EdTech world, it is crucial to understand both the history of education and the history of educational technology. Companies can ... -
How Edtech Companies Can Turn Threats into Opportunities
You’ve done your SWOT analysis, and now you have a list of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The threats can seem especially overwhelming, ...