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Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 7)
Sramana Mitra: The last question I have from a trend point of view is, are you seeing this interest in lifelong learning translating into how long people subscribe to your program? Adrian Ridner: It shows up in two ways. One is people who subscribe for longer but move around a lot of different subject areas.
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 6)
Sramana Mitra: You are expecting that somewhere in the near future, you’re going to be able to access some Federal funding to educate low-income students. You’re going to be part of the government’s resources to deal with the education of a large number of students? Adrian Ridner: Absolutely. The pilot program is initially in the
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: Where are you now revenue-wise? How far along are you? Adrian Ridner: As a privately-held company, we don’t share specific financials, but we’re definitely in the tens of million range. Sramana Mitra: What trends do you see out there right now that you think are interesting trends that are worth discussing in this conversation?
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 4)
Sramana Mitra: For eight years, you did the advertising-based model. What kind of numbers of users did you reach? What level of monetization were you able to achieve with advertising? As you know, content is very difficult to monetize with advertising. Adrian Ridner: Yes, that is one of the things that we also realized, especially
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: You described a bunch of different use cases. Could you roll back and take me through the business models of these use cases? For example, if people are taking courses on your platform to make up for credits that colleges are accepting, are the students or parents paying for these courses to you?
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about the distribution of your content. You said you cover all the way from K-12 to higher education. What is then the breadth of the content? Where do you have more concentration versus others? Where is the interest of your customer base? Adrian Ridner: We experimented with a lot of
Thought Leaders in Online Education: Adrian Ridner, CEO of Study.com (Part 1)
Adrian started Study.com in 2002. Read how the trends in online education have impacted the evolution of a very interesting business. Excellent story. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to Study.com. What do you do? Where is the company located? Adrian Ridner: What we try to do is develop the simplest way to
