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Sramana Mitra: I’m going to go in a bunch of different directions in the next part of the interview. One, let’s start with the product and the model of how students are using the product. What is the infrastructure? How are teachers engaging? How are parents engaging to come up with a good outcome?

Stuart Udell: Our flagship product is actually the name of the company – Achieve3000. It represents two-thirds of our revenue. What Achieve3000 Literacy does so exceptionally well is that it’s built to provide equity and access for kids. It does that by helping the teacher differentiate instruction in the classroom. That’s something that all teachers think about.

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Sramana Mitra: You operated in a zero-logistics mode with domestic manufacturers. Since 2018, how long did you operate in that mode before introducing the logistics operation?

Gil Bar-Lev: We started the logistics operation in the last quarter of 2020. We started with just one warehouse in California. Then we expanded and now have two. We’re working on a partnership with UPS. Through that, we’ll be able to launch multiple warehouses across the nation.

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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Achieve3000 CEO Stuart Udell (Part 1)

McGraw Hill has just acquired Achieve3000. Stuart is an EdTech veteran who discusses the pre-K-12 literacy gap, personalized learning, as well as open opportunities in B-to-C education models driven by Covid.

Sramana Mitra: Tell us a bit about your own background and introduce us to the company. Let’s get acquainted.

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Thought Leaders in E-Commerce: Homeroots CEO Gil Bar-Lev (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: You took a handful of manufacturers who were willing to give you the data and were willing to drop ship on your behalf and you started off with them.

Gil Bar-Lev: Yes, we created a new portal where we listed those products. We provided our manufacturers a backend login for them to manage their orders and inventory levels. We gave all this information to them so they have more visibility into what’s going on in the platform.

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