Assignment 3 – GradHat
Hello everyone, hope you are all doing well. I’m sure like many of you the COVID-19 pandemic is constantly lingering in all the corners of my mind. I’ve been exploring some more of its recent implications on education and employment and trying to find creative solutions to some of these new world problems. This became the […]
Market In The Middle Program
Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs, Students, and EVA’s I would like to introduce to you my Venture Pitch: The Market In The Middle. This is based on a program that I ran several years ago in a different school, but I am hoping to adapt it to a new position I am in. This specific program is […]
Safe2Summit The Micro learning Site
Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs, Students, EVA’s, Angels, With Pleasure I would like to invite you to my Venture Pitch, Our company SAFE2SUMMIT, was launched last year and promises a very successful future. Safe2Summit from and for Mountain Enthusiast for Safety, Respect, & Fun! I understand that this venture is a very “personal” one, though I still […]
Analyst report: The Gates foundation’s ICT project to democratize and digitize agricultural data.
Agricultural activities in Africa and South Asia are not producing as excepted. The productivity of agriculture in these regions is below what would be expected as one considers the amount of land available for agriculture. Besides the fact that more than 60% of the population in these regions spend most of their income on food, […]
From Tech Sector to EdTech
Hello Everyone! I am so excited to start this course! Not only for the entrepreneurial opportunities but also because it is my last semester in the MET program! I do plan to pursue a PhD in the near future, but for a couple months in 2020 I will get my evenings and weekends back. My […]
hipogoo: next-generation educational consulting services
Hi, guys, I have created my pitches (for a virtual venture – hipogoo) to reflect my thinking about the pain points of studying abroad market of China. Although I have to fictionalize some information about this startup in order to complete this assignment, the industry analysis and proposed solutions are serious. Enjoy your reading and please feel […]
nagU
nagU is a contained social media space to support students meeting their goals and deadlines amid a world of instant distractions. Within nagU, anonymous students can form groups of three and support each other to meet their goals via the messaging. Students can move between groups and form groups freely. The idea is to use […]
A3: The Space
Welcome to the venture pitch for The Space: a hub for the 21st century student. Below you will find a mock elevator pitch, product video and full venture portfolio. [522 note: If these media packets were to be sent/presented to investors, they would be formatted and contextualized either on a website or in an email […]
Assignment Three
If technology were way farther along than it actually is, Choose Your Own Ed-venture would be the next big thing in the personalized learning market. I chose to invent my own something for this assignment. Or my own idea of a something anyhow – as there’s no coding or anything anything actually done. The “elevator […]
The Lean Startup
Hey all, I’ve recently been making my way through The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries. Whilst it is definitely tinted with notes of touting this as the “final” solution to making new ventures a success, I have found it a really useful insight into how to shift a perspective and what a startup/innovation is and […]
Reshma Saujani: Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code
Reshma Saujani, as shown above, is a champion for girls and women. Reshma began her career as an attorney and activist, and founded Girls Who Code (GWC) after witnessing first-hand the gender gap in the field of Computer Science while running for US Congress (fun fact: Reshma was the first South Asian woman to run […]
Dave Vasen – Founder/CEO at Brightwheel
Dave Vasen – Founder & CEO at Brightwheel Venture: Having started in 2014 Brightwheel provides a mobile app for preschools, daycares and families, which connects teachers, administrators and parents. Teachers can use it to upload photos of kids, notes, assessments etc. for the parents to view in real time and stay updated on what their […]
Paul Greenberg, Co-founder of Creatubbles
Paul Greenberg is the co-founder and CEO of Creatubbles. Creatubbles is a social platform used in schools, homes, makerspaces and workshops in over 50 countries. What makes it different from other social media is that it is a platform for sharing creations of all kinds, and it is a […]
Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch | S3 Ep8: In The Sports Zone
Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch is a TV show produced by Entrepreneur magazine, and it gives each contestant a 60-second elevator ride from lobby to the boardroom to sell their business idea. Watching the quick pitch live, a panel of expert investors makes their judgement. If the investors are impressed, the entrepreneur is invited into the board room […]
Holon IQ
Holon IQ is a highly intelligent education market data-driven source. Analysts and experts from 6 continents publish over 200 open source knowledge reports (research and forecasts) each year. They also have an open source taxonomy for the future of education called the Global Learning Landscape; it provides “a common structure and language for identifying, tracking […]
A3 : PC Building Simulator VR Edition
I did this assignment from the perspective of taking over Irregular Corporation as CEO and founder. I wanted to pitch a possible upgrade and new direction for a the game that exists on STEAM. Elevator pitch Venture Pitch References : References Venture Pitch PC builder Reflection This endeavour was not as easy or as […]
NIBBLEBYTE: Seed Crowdfunding for Women Technologists
There is a bug in the system — the technology venture system. Women are under-represented and underfunded. And Canada is no exception. This is a big, showstopper of a bug, but it’s not un-fixable, with a bit of re-engineering. Yes! If women’s perspectives, thinking, leadership, views and intelligence are not equally represented in our technology […]
A3 – Artificially Augmented Intelligent Reality – AAIR
Did you know that over $362 billion US dollars was spent last year on workplace training globally? It could be a massive efficiency gain if employed effectively within your company; however, the important question to ask is how this can be done without sacrificing training quality? EVA investors – The solution is here. Introducing: For […]
A3 – Experiencing xAPI
It is no surprise that technological tools that capture data and analytics are on the rise, especially in corporate learning. Understanding the impact of learning programs and content is especially critical for success; however, most companies are unsure how to measure the impact of learning. xAPI can change that. “xAPI is a new specification for learning […]
Polyphony – Personalized Music Theory Education
Polyphony is a music theory learning app that takes the frustration and confusion out of teaching yourself through YouTube. It learns the interests and skill level of its learners and uses AI to connect them with YouTube videos that teach what they want to learn, how they want to learn it, in the quickest way […]
Vinod Dham -CEO and Founder of AcadGild
Venture: AcadGild Web address: http://www.acadgild.com https://youtu.be/7nipSdxv2Uo Year Founded: 2014 AcadGild: AcadGild is a technology education startup co-founded by Vinod Dham. AcadGild provides skill development courses based on current industry needs. The services that are offered by this venture are based on a hybrid education uniques model that combines the intensity of classroom training with the […]
Suren Markosian – CEO, Co-founder of Epic!
Venture I decided to start my search with programs that I myself use, which led me to discover Suren Markosian, CEO and co-founder of Epic!, the children’s online digital library and subscription-based e-reading service. The platform provides children 12 and under “unlimited access to 25,000 curated, high-quality books and videos” (crunchbase.com). The website was started […]
Kristo Lehtonen, CEO and the Co-founder of 3DBear
What is 3Dbear? 3Dbear creates a pedagogical solution using 3D printing and Augmented Reality that can be accessed using your mobile devices and tablets. Today, there are different types of applications that allow children to use AR on pre-programmed games that are quite limited in terms of content. Also, those typical AR applications for students […]
co.lab is an accelerator that works with startups
I found this Venture which sounds pretty exciting to me. co.lab is an accelerator that works with startups leveraging the power of digital games to build transformative educational technologies for PK-12 students and teacher. Check out the link to know more about the Venture https://angel.co/co-lab-1
Lane Merrifield – CEO and Co-Founder of FreshGrade
FreshGrade is a K-12 driven digital learning portfolio for students, founded in 2011. FreshGrade seed funding ventures raised 4.3 million in 2014, and an additional 11.6 million in 2016. Within FreshGrade’s company description, they describe the pain point it attempts to address as a “lack of awareness” between students, parents, and teachers with respect to daily […]
Bobby McDonald – Parlay Ideas
Introduction I first met my “ed-tech-preneur,” Bobby McDonald, in the spring of 2017 when he came to our school to pitch his company’s product: Parlay. We had assembled an audience of about 10 for him, consisting of teachers, administrators and IT staff. In hindsight, I can see how Bobby was facing a dilemma typical of […]
Guild Education: Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stich
CEO & Co-Founder: Rachel Carlson // CO-Founder: Brittany Stich BRIEF: Co-Founders Carlson and Stich started Guild Education — a for profit company with a double bottom line. The company identifies an education gap among working adults: 30% of working adults without a high school diploma 70% of the total US population without college degree. (guildeducation.com) Amid […]
Cubetto Universe
I came across Cubetto from the Pitch Pool posted by Stephen Tod on April 1, 2018. I liked the idea of a coding device for young children that doesn’t require an iPad or any other screen. Instead it is a programmable battery-operated wooden toy robot cube on wheels that has a wooden interface board and […]
Elevating education in underserved regions
According to UNESCO, in 2016 93% of the 22.5 million refugees lived mobile-networked areas, 39 percent of the homes had internet connectivity ability (UNESCO, March 2018.). And, in a 2017 joint policy paper, UNESCO and Global Education Monitoring Report showed that if everyone completed primary and secondary school education, global poverty could be reduced by […]
TeachArch
Hello all, I present you: TeachArch, a new computer aided architectural design software that makes possible to work with 3D printers and VR technologies without the burden of file converting and quality loss. I have exceed the 1 min limit on Elevator Pitch, since I had trouble with pronouncing some of the words, so I […]
Arutan
The Latin word for nature is natura, and when flipped in reverse, arutan. Enjoy exploring this interactive nature study app to enhance both 21st century learning and living. Arutan – Elevator Pitch Arutan – Venture Pitch
AppSheet Scholar – Venture Pitch
Elevator Pitch Venture Pitch Use this website to follow along with the presentation https://sites.google.com/view/etec522a3scholar/home
LMS Competitive Analysis
As an EVA within an EdTech venture capital firm, I put together a competitive analysis of the LMS marketplace. I looked for the most strategic company in which to invest, one that has yet to go public and has a significant share of ownership available in exchange for our firm’s capital and expertise. Please watch […]
Accredible – A single version of the truth
A Joint Educational Venture Analysis (JEVA) to advise two national physician organizations in making a joint investment division regarding Accredible, a digital certificate company that is built on the disruptive technology, blockchain. Medical technology is often at the innovation forefront in terms of equipment and medical devices, but medicine as an administrative establishment is sometimes […]
Analysis of STEMscopes in context of market peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education
Welcome to my analysis of STEMscopes, conducted to inform an investment decision. I conducted my analysis of STEMscopes using peers BrainPOP and Discovery Education, also players within the broad online learning and engagement platform market segments. Please visit my website, for a full analysis, here. REFLECTIONS: Interestingly, I approached this project, in character as an analyst, […]
OER: Reading Out Loud, Reading While Listening, Big Data & Learning Analytics!
Hi Everyone, My OER is focused on Big Data & Learning Analytics as they relate to literacy. I’ve created an OER that aims to inspire literacy through Reading Out Loud (which can provide metrics and gamification) as well as Reading While Listening which can positively impact those in our community as well as people around the […]
David Rusenko of Weebly
Company Description Weebly is a web hosting service that provides tools and storage for users to create and maintain their own websites. The service allows users to track analytics and can integrate with online payment systems like PayPal to provide ecommerce capability for users’ sites. The attraction to a service like Weebly has always been […]
Fused Education Elevator Pitch
This is an elevator pitch for Fused Education an online education platform. It is very much a traditional elevator pitch lasting exactly 30 seconds. In the day of 2-3-minute Kickstarter pitches I thought it might be nice to critique a traditional format. No fancy images or music, just the presenter and their words.
Hype Cycles
A hype cycle was featured as part of the Elearning.com 2018 learning predictions, but I thought the link provided that explains a hype cycle was relatively small and potentially easy to miss. Here is the link to that site, a valuable resource in terms of understanding the “maturity and adoption of technologies and applications, and […]
A3 Reflection for Open Allies – Venture Pitch
Thank you everyone for your valuable feedback on my pitch! I am extremely excited to see how much interest it garnered in the reviews, and I am now seriously considering that this may be a viable educational venture sometime in the near future. After reading through your comments, and writing up this reflection to submit […]