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How many of you are building education startups?
My company (http://localist.com) is currently powering the social events calendars of over 40 institutions. While we're not technically an education company, the majority of our customer base is higher education.
Higher ed is definitely a unique vertical that has its pros and cons; I'd love to hear about other HN readers trying to break into the space and the challenges you're facing.
- ramdaffe 15y agoCurrently conducting a market research on building a service for high school in Southeast Asia. Biggest problem is the infrastructure (quality internet access is still a luxury) and basically the school's internal staffs are stuck in the 90s (more than half aren't trained in using e-mail and this is in the top high school of the capital city). On the brighter side, there are no bureaucracy, no regulation.
- mvkel 15y agoThat's a great strategy. Asia is desperate for technology solutions in education and it's a completely untapped market. Good luck!
- BenSS 15y agoWe're at the totally opposite end of the spectrum, working with Pre-K to K. There was some earlier talk about dealing directly with schools, but that's a difficult path to walk. http://www.kindertown.com http://www.kindertown.com
- ahsanhilal 15y agoSo do you guys make all the apps that you sell through your platform? In either case pretty great concept
- BenSS 15y agoWe are developing our own apps, but right now we're highlighting the best ones out there according to our own educators.