Just two days with only a handful of tickets remaining until TechCrunch Early Stage drops invaluable knowledge on the newest generation of startup founders in San Francisco on April 14. If you’ve been procrastinating, or if last-minute decision making is one of your core competencies, it is officially Now O’clock. Our Launch Special tickets […]
It’s almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders! That’s right, on April 14 hundreds of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather in San Francisco for the best little founder summit we like to call TechCrunch Early Stage. Spend your day focused on learning the bottom-line essentials to build and scale your startup — […]
One of the best investments aspiring or freshly minted early-stage startup founders can make is attending TechCrunch Early Stage. Seriously, there’s no hype here. At this one-day founder-focused summit, which takes place in San Francisco on April 14, you’ll learn the best practices across the range of essential startup building skills from seasoned founders, investors […]
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Nonobvious acquisitions are on my 2021 bingo board
Edtech in 2021 is experimental, and we are here for it
At the end of 2020, I argued that edtech needs to think bigger in order to stay relevant after the pandemic. I urged founders to think less about how to bundle and unbundle lecture experience, and more about how to replace outdated systems and methods with new, tech-powered solutions. In other words, don’t simply put engaging content on a screen, but innovate on what that screen looks like, tracks and offers.
A few months into 2021, the exit environment in edtech…feels like it’s doing exactly that. The same startups that hit billion and multi-billion valuations during the pandemic are scooping up new talent to broaden their service offerings.