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Why Ed-tech Startups Don't Scale

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I have yet to find a sucessful ed-tech model that works at scale. Issue abound. Often it comes down to how ed-tech growsn and how it monetizes its audience. Let's start with growth:

Why Ed-tech Startups Don't Scale November 2022 This is an updated version of the original essay. Last update: 2025. -- I have yet to find a successful ed-tech model that works at scale. Issues abound, but they often come down to how ed-tech products grow and how they monetize their audiences. Let’s start with growth. The education market is geographically siloed, making it hard to follow the typical growth playbook of venture-backed businesses. When the structure of demand is similar across geographies, a product can grow unchecked. For education, though, each region has wildly different needs

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