It’s time entrepreneurs looked beyond valuations and started focusing on creating value for customers in the existing verticals instead of finding niche segments.
Last week, I travelled 65 kilometres and back, crossing the borders of two cities, only to learn that education technology—hold your breath—is “evolving”. Full marks for the optimism, considering the way edtech, especially the K-12 and test-prep segments, has unravelled over the past few years.
This happened at a conclave where industry leaders from venture capital and private equity funds were talking about the new opportunities they were exploring and discussing the key developments to watch out for in the next 12-18 months.
The truth is that edtech as we knew it—the business-to-customer after-school supplemental model of edtech—is done and …
Pradip is a co-founder at The Morning Context and leads our newsletters vertical. He has previously worked at The Ken as a staff writer, at Mint as an assistant features editor and the Deccan Chronicle as a copy editor. He works with a slew of expert newsletter writers across subjects and domains. His own writing spans the gig economy, farmers caught in the crossfire of technology, global warming and parents trapped in the edtech wave. Some of his best stories have come at the intersection of technology and human endeavour.
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