Ep 31: Eimantas Bekeza
turning passion for education into a VC backed startup, the future of learning, and how to validate new ideas and markets with lean methods
Eimantas Bekeza is the CEO & Co-founder of Memby, an after-school learning platform that provides top-tier tutoring at a fraction of the cost of private tutors. Eimantas is also a “superstar tutor” himself having tutored since 8th grade and has turned his passion for teaching into an exciting startup.
In this episode, we talk about the origins of Memby and building an EdTech business as well as the development of the EdTech industry as such. We go deeper into what makes a learning experience effective and paint a picture of how the future classroom will look like.
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The topics covered in this episode (with Timestamps)
🔈 [2:30] INTRODUCTION AND THE ORIGINS OF MEMBY
Turning personal teaching passion into a business
Technological differences between countries globally and within Europe
What is a superstar tutor
Interaction as the key for quality learning
Raising the prestige and income for the teacher profession
🔈 [16:45] ON BUILDING AN EDTECH PRODUCT WITH LEAN METHODS
Using Facebook Live for the first proof of concept
Picking markets for geographical expansion
Scaling challenges
Defining a business model
Sharing the financial benefits of scale with the teachers
Dealing with seasonality in the business
Using mentors and accelerators
🔈 [36:30] - ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDTECH AND FUTURE OF LEARNING
Different learning models fit different people
Blended online/offline model for the future
Using the workshop format for school education
The politicization of the educational system
Role of new technologies in learning
Disadvantages of learning online
Gamification of learning
Creating content for different learning types
Adding more freedom of choice for students
The future for Memby
To reach out to Eimantas/Memby use:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eimantas-bekeza/
Website: https://karjera.digiklase.lt/
Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/
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