Jessica Wang shares strategies and frameworks from her decade-long journey at edtech giant 2U, where she built 30 university partnerships and grew 2U’s placement network from scratch to more than 80,000 locations across all 50 states. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Simon Nelson shares his experience of building and scaling Europe’s largest MOOC platform, FutureLearn. He led the company from its inception with £15 million in funding from its owner and shareholder, The Open University. He then launched the MVP with a second £15 million based on strong growth projections, and took it to its £100 million valuation in 2019. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Simon Nelson, former founding CEO of FutureLearn, shares his experience of building and scaling Europe’s largest MOOC platform. Having guided the company from its inception through rapid growth, a revenue plateau, a hard pivot and a nine-figure valuation, he is full of valuable advice to founders building edtech solutions for schools and universities. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Natasha Davidson, ex EMEA CMO of Coursera, delves into marketing strategies and tactics for early-stage startups, highlighting the importance of clear brand strategy, the nuances between B2B and B2C approaches, and the tools to craft a compelling value proposition. Discover the steps to build a brand narrative and use it to achieve sustained market traction. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Jonathan Lau, co-founder and COO of InStride, shares how he approaches complex problems as a founder and three ways to validate demand for a product. He also outlines the different ways to monetise edtech products and five go-to-market strategies to share your solution with the world. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Shailu Tipparaju is one of those rare individuals who has founded, scaled, and exited three successful edtech companies — and is working on his fourth. He shares the frameworks that he has picked up along the way and is now implementing in his current company to bring it to new heights. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving Product-Market Fit.

Kirsten Campbell-Howes, ex-CLO of Busuu, explains the importance of continuous customer research, how to translate customer insights into a roadmap, and the critical role of a CLO in edtech. Find out how these elements combined to form Busuu’s winning formula to reach and maintain product-market fit. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from our community of Venture Partners, who are world-leading edtech founders and operators. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Discover key insights from the co-founder of Amboss, the learning platform used by two million people worldwide. We delve into finding a successful co-founder, mastering communication and conflict management, and leveraging company culture to drive team performance and boost business outcomes. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.

Learn from CEO of Amerigo, Craig Pines, how to build and retain high-performing teams in edtech. He shares his strategies for effective hiring, performance management, growth pathways, and investing in development to create a thriving organisation. — Welcome to the Emerge Product-Market Fit Academy series, where we bring you practical insights and advice from accomplished operators and founders in edtech. This series is dedicated to helping early stage edtech founders navigate the challenging path to achieving product-market fit.