13 episodes

EdTech Crowd - Mateusz Rybiński, EdTech entrepreneur and president of EdTech Poland Foundation, meets with industry innovators, founders, and influencers. Guests from all over the world share their stories, vision on education, predictions and tips for EdTech fellows. This podcast is created for those who would like to look at the industry from different angles.

EdTech Crowd Mateusz Rybinski

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EdTech Crowd - Mateusz Rybiński, EdTech entrepreneur and president of EdTech Poland Foundation, meets with industry innovators, founders, and influencers. Guests from all over the world share their stories, vision on education, predictions and tips for EdTech fellows. This podcast is created for those who would like to look at the industry from different angles.

    E13 Justyna Orłowska - Head of GovTech Poland responsible for innovations in schools

    E13 Justyna Orłowska - Head of GovTech Poland responsible for innovations in schools

    Justyna Orłowska as the head of GovTech Poland is responsible for driving digital transformation across the country's public sector. Under Orłowska's leadership, GovTech Poland has launched a number of groundbreaking initiatives also in public education. Her main project Future Labs (Laboratoria Przyszłości) was one of the biggest investments in Polish Education delivered in very fast 1 year period.

    In this episode, you will learn: the background story behind preparations for the Future Labs project; what are the other projects GovTech prepares in Polish education? how does Justyna see cooperation with EdTech start-ups from a governmental perspective? what does she recommend for future EdTech founders? how does she predict the future of education?

    • 26 min
    E12 Agata Wilam - Founder of WhyBlueSky an impactful project in Nigeria

    E12 Agata Wilam - Founder of WhyBlueSky an impactful project in Nigeria

    Agata Wilam after success in creating an extraordinary learning experience for teenagers cooperating with scientists decided to scale it up and teach teachers how to create an immersive and engaging learning experience. She decided to do a simple worldwide demand test and this led her to start a project in Nigeria. The story of WhyBlueSky is full of unexpected situations, cultural differences, and much impact. Agata in this episode brings us to the world of the Sub-saharan EdTech industry.

    In this episode, you will learn: How is the EdTech situation in Africa? What are the alternative options for financing impact-driven EdTechs? What are the challenges in doing EdTech business in Nigeria? How to conduct a global market test? 



    Agata's Crowdfunding: https://patronite.pl/agata-wilam-whybluesky

    • 41 min
    E11 Nick Gross - CEO of Find Your Grind helps students to self-discover themselves

    E11 Nick Gross - CEO of Find Your Grind helps students to self-discover themselves

    Nick Gross is one of the most interesting guests on this podcast. He is a professional musician, an active investor in the music, sports, and entertainment industries and a person with many passions. He started to Find Your Grind an online platform that helps students figure out who they are and where they want to go. Before that he made 1-year roadshow around schools in the US to help students to find their passion.

    In this episode, you will learn: how he tested his business idea before he started a platform? how unleash the passion for the education of teenagers? how to grow EdTech business in the US? What is the situation for EdTech in the US?

    • 41 min
    E10 Ela Szczepaniak - Revas - business simulation games

    E10 Ela Szczepaniak - Revas - business simulation games

    Ela Szczepaniak started her business simulation games when she worked at the University. They wanted to create entrepreneurship courses more practical and interesting for students. From university games, they started a real business which now is available in many markets around the World. 

    In this episode, you will learn: how to run an EdTech start-up without VCs? how gamification can improve the learning experience? how to expand EdTech business? What is the situation for EdTech in Poland? 

    • 43 min
    E09 Michael Foreshaw - Founder of Edtech Impact review platform for EdTech

    E09 Michael Foreshaw - Founder of Edtech Impact review platform for EdTech

    Michael Foreshaw is another UK-based EdTech veteran who started his career a long time before the term EdTech was widely used. He began as an ICT teacher and over years he was involved in many EdTech-oriented projects like being a BESA's executive council member, advising the Department of Education, or starting the start-up Innovate My School. His current project EdTech Impact is an independent review platform for EdTech designed to help educators find the best educational technology. Having started in the UK, it has the potential to be a global opinion-forming website. 



    In this episode, you will learn: what is evidence-based learning? how to reach schools as an EdTech Start-up? how to enter the British market? what is the situation for EdTechs in the UK? 

    • 37 min
    E08 Eimantas Bekeza - Founder of Memby 1st one-to-many tutoring platform in Europe

    E08 Eimantas Bekeza - Founder of Memby 1st one-to-many tutoring platform in Europe

    Eimantas after a few years of experience working as a tutor decided to create a concept that could be more scalable. Instead of creating another marketplace that connects tutors with students, he focused on a platform that allows students to have classes with top tutors for a fraction of the regular tutoring price. In this episode, he shares his story and vision for his platform Memby. 

    In this episode, you will learn: How to create a new EdTech start-up? Market insights? Eimanta's vision on the industry and future of education.

    • 49 min

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