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Maven learned that followers do not fill classrooms
The course marketplace began with internet celebrities. Its more durable business came from working experts, live practice, and the unglamorous job of finding them students.
Luke Skurman Built a Company Out of the Choice He Couldn’t Make
He went looking for the truth behind college brochures. Two dozen years and several business models later, Luke Skurman is still trying to make the biggest decisions feel less like a roll of the dice.
John Koelliker and the Warm Introduction for Everyone
He cold-emailed his way into tech, then built Leland to make that kind of guidance less dependent on luck. The result is a marketplace where ambition gets an appointment, a price, and a person on the other side.
Kunaal Satija Is Building the Study Habit That Fits in a Pocket
The EduRev founder started with second-hand books, learned the limits of selling software one school at a time, and built a learning platform around a stubborn idea: useful education should travel farther than a good teacher can.
Odyssey
Odyssey is a New York-based education technology company that builds the software states use to run school-choice programs. Its platform administers education savings accounts (ESAs) and microgrant programs end-to-end - guiding parents through eligibility and applications, verifying identity in real time, disbursing state funds into digital wallets, and running regulated e-commerce marketplaces where families can spend on tuition, tutoring, curriculum, and technology. Founded in 2021 by former teacher and school-choice attorney Joseph Connor, Odyssey administers programs across states including Iowa, Idaho, Missouri, Georgia, Louisiana, Utah, Wyoming, and Texas, and has helped families access hundreds of millions of dollars in education funding.
Togetherhood
Togetherhood is a New York-based enrichment platform that connects schools, community organizations and families with vetted, independent instructors who teach courses beyond the standard curriculum - cooking, coding, theater, martial arts, chess, music and more. Born from pandemic-era learning pods, the company removes the operational headache of vendor management, vetting, scheduling and payments so schools get extraordinary programming and passionate teaching artists get steady, well-supported work.