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The global pandemic has been a boon to EdTech companies focusing on expanding learning capabilities through an online platform. According to recent reports, the global market for higher education is valued at $2 trillion. Even before the COVID crisis, education was moving online, but the crisis has accelerated that move significantly.
Sramana Mitra: The methodology that we follow is, bootstrap first to raise money later. Get to validation and then raise money, partly because this option of raising money remains only if you can raise friends and family money somehow. For the numbers that we work with, most people don’t have those options. That’s why, pragmatically, it’s
We help Indian entrepreneurs build tech businesses. Some are based in India. Others are all over the world. Some market their products in India. Others, globally. Neither needs to necessarily move to Silicon Valley. They save capital by building from their location, where resources are more affordable. Those who want to raise money in Silicon
Sramana Mitra: Let me address the points that you have made. The first point is that one of the most successful ecosystems where 30% of the apps revenue has gone to the company and has immensely added to the company’s success is Apple. It’s a platform ecosystem. David Barrett: I completely agree with you if you
Several analysts expected language teaching site Duolingo to list this year. But the global economic and pandemic conditions have usurped quite a few well-laid out plans this year. It doesn’t look like Duolingo will list soon.
Sramana Mitra: Let’s go to the beginning. How did you start? What was the first product? What customer did you go after? Talk about your entrepreneur journey. Derek Steer: The first thing we did was our first mistake. We knew what the product should look like for companies to use themselves. We had a good
Entrepreneurs are invited to the 506th FREE online 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your