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"The students would then conversion to a paid model for work?" Honestly that almost never works for startups. It never happens or at least it never happens fa
by whoisjuan 6y ago
"The students would then conversion to a paid model for work?"
Honestly that almost never works for startups.
It never happens or at least it never happens fast enough. I'm fairly sure that large companies like Microsoft that popularized student licenses, are benefiting from this, but through very long cycles of adoption.
At the end of the day if you get discounted Office for 4 or 5 years, you will highly likely continue doing it once you lose the discount. The secret sauce there is distribution. Office is so massively popular that you don't even need to advocate for that at work. It's the default choice.
- 1234letshaveatw 6y agoI work in IT for engineering. CAD sw for the engineering schools is crazy competitive. If you are graduating and know a CAD/simulation suite really well it helps you get a job (and therefore it will influence where you apply, which influences the employers, etc)
- whoisjuan 6y agoI totally believe this. But it's highly contextual to your job/area. CAD software is very specialized so it definitely makes sense that you can influence or take job decisions based on your knowledge of a particular suite. What I believe is that if you're a startup building a generic business tool and you target students with the hope they will be your advocates or future buyers, you should adjust your expectations. I believe that giving student discounts as a long-term adoption strategy makes sense. Unfortunately, startups have to fight for adoption in the short term. If you can afford to give student discounts you should do it. It's a good thing to do. But don't count on this as a way to drive adoption.