Building a strong team is about finding people who want to help achieve the vision of the company. So this is a Valentine’s Day greeting for the Edthena team.
I’m not one to burn my bra, but as a female founder and CEO of an ed-tech startup, I’ve started encountering a male-centered view of what an entrepreneur should look like.
This week I take a moment to remind us all how this whole thing usually ends up: Most startups fail.
With an ed-tech startup there are a lot of less exciting, but necessary moments in between the headline-setting, gold-medal events.
When creating an ed-tech startup, getting the idea is the easy part. But understanding how to conceptualize and execute the idea requires constant goal-setting and focus on the next step.
Managing a startup is challenging. I’m learning how to hire people, how to manage a team, and how to foster collaboration among people who don’t necessarily share the same physical space.
A year ago, there were two of us at Edthena.
Last night, there were four of us here in San Francisco at our first holiday-party-type get together.
Finding new customers can be about taking the direct approach through advertising and marketing campaigns. But sometimes growing a startup is more about being passionate and spreading the word informally through conversations at tech meetups, the coffee shop, and social events.
To grow an ed-tech startup, you have to know your market. Conversations with the various players involved are invaluable. Use the information gathered to organize talking points based on what is important to each of the players on your radar screen.
A launch party for startup Autism Expressed is about celebrating our progress, connecting to customers, and promoting awareness about autism.