On Deck (with VP BD Vikram Somasundaram‪)‬ Learn in Public

We have our first guest, Vikram Somasundaram! Vikram (Vik, for short) is the VP of Business Development of On Deck, an education startup focused on professional learning with a particular emphasis on community that recently raised a $20M Series A led by Founders Fund.
Prior to On Deck, Vik cofounded EduSight, a personalized digital portfolio for K-12 students that sold to NELSON in 2018, and served as the VP of  Sales & Customer Success at Prodigy Education. Vik is a veteran in the education space, so we had to dive deep into the K-12 market. We talk about the district leader buyer personas, three waves of K-12 edtech from 2000 to now, and where Vik would personally invest. There's so much industry wisdom here, but if you'd like to jump straight to On Deck, the timestamp is 56:39.
And if you're interested in joining the On Deck EdTech fellowship to reinvent the future of education, you should apply here: https://www.beondeck.com/edtech/.
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