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Don't miss out on this online informative session today with Svenia Busson, Co-Founder and First Chair of the EEA! Svenia is also the Co-Founder of EdTech France, Project Manager of the Female Edtech Fellowship, and host of the Impact 10x podcast to guide impact-driven entrepreneurs into the world of impact investing! Svenia has helped numerous companies secure investment, so don't miss the chance to hear her experiences!   Here's what's on the agenda: - Types of capital and company examples - Requirements and checks before raising - Pitchdecks - Sharing best practice and personal experience - Q & A   See you there! #DutchEdTech #EdTech #InnovateEducation #EEA #Investment #Webinar

How to approach an investor? A webinar by European Edtech Alliance coming up on Thursday for #EdtechFinland members. ➡️Register via the link below

18-month-long MBAs have become irrelevant. In a world where skills evolve fast (hello prompt engineers 🧑💻), and there's a need for hyper-specialists, I don't advise young students to spend too much time learning business at school. At the same time, I've always had my doubts about venture-backed EdTech businesses. I haven't seen many succeed massively in the past. Then I heard Ariel Renous and Roy Wellner pitch me Augment.org last year, and they convinced me instantly that they could build a gigantic business out of an intense online program where students could learn company-building from the founders of major companies like Waze, Eventbrite, Wikipedia, YouTube and more. That's why we invested in Augment.org with Origins then, and supported them again in their new $6M raise today led by RTP Global, well done team ❣️

Spent quality time this morning with Verity on my lap. My lap is where she wanted to be this morning, as I was sitting at the computer working on a lead magnet and automation I was creating for a client. Something wasn’t working properly and she was light-heartedly asking me some questions to consider, so I can find a solution. Children are so wise. I commended her for her wisdom and I thanked her for keeping me company and I sent her off on her merry way to play, so that I could super-focus and resolve the issue, which I subsequently figured out. I love that I get to have these conversations with my 6 year old daughter. She knows what physical and digital products are. She’s had them both and with my help, she’s served customers around the world through her online shop. Yes, we talk about Peppa Pig and we watch frozen and we do all the kiddie stuff. But I’m also intentional about equipping she and her 10 year old brother Prince, with a mindset and skills that aren’t the default. I want my children to have their own definition of success. I want them to create a meaningful life around the things the love and I want them to have an outlook on life through the lens and mindset of endless opportunities and limitless possibilities. As a mother, not only do I believe the onus is on me to be their biggest influence, but I also believe in not relying on the school system to fully equip my children for the future ahead. It’s one of the many reasons why I created my Additional Income Mastery (AIM) Academy. Prince, Verity and I have created a course called the Young and Paid Mini Course available in AIM Academy, amongst the many resources to guide you on how to kindle your child’s entrepreneurial flame. And especially for the mothers who want to break the cycle of poverty, AIM Academy empowers you to do that and so much more. So, if you are a mum and all of this resonates, then I invite you to: 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙄𝙈 𝘼𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 & 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 + 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣’𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩. (𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬/𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤). https://lnkd.in/ePbBt3fD #PurposefulLiving 💜💜💜

📢 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🌟Are you part of an established organization aiming to expand your educational impact? The Bridge Grants program is your gateway to wider adoption! 🌐Program Focus: Bridge Grants offer vital support to organizations currently serving families at a regional or national level, providing nontraditional learning environments, content, or resources. If you're ready to scale your out-of-system delivery model or explore experimental pilots, this grant is your key. 🌱 Supported Initiatives: Examples include nontraditional learning models ready to expand, tools for alternative credentialing, content platforms for out-of-system learners, technology for innovative learning, and initiatives uplifting out-of-system learners. 💰 Funding: Grants range from $50,000 to $250,000, giving your ideas room to flourish. 🗓️ Key Dates: Bridge Grants Interest Forms: Due by October 27, 2023. Don't miss this chance to transform education through innovation! Let's explore how your organization can bridge to wider adoption. https://buff.ly/45aBpgG 🚀#EducationGrants #InnovationInEducation #TransformingLearning #BridgeGrants #EducationOpportunity

🎉 Exciting News! Our New Edtech Map Website is Live! 🎉 We are delighted to unveil the newly launched EdTech Map Website! It is your gateway to exploring: 🌐 EdTech Organisations  Join over 1,500 European EdTech organisations and find their innovative products and services. 🏗  Ecosystem Builder Discover essential investors, accelerators, incubators, and fellowships within the European EdTech ecosystem as they display themselves and their supporting work. 🔬 Testbeds  Explore European EdTech Testbeds, as they demonstrate their focus areas and requirements. Find your perfect environment for testing your products or services. 📜 Policy Initiatives  Find the latest policy papers and documents. It will help you stay informed about the most recent publications, regulations, and changes affecting the European EdTech environment. Check out our Edtech Map Website: 👉 www.edtechmap.eu

Check out my latest article in ET Magazine (ftr. the greatest minds in EdTech) spotlighting the great work Ash K and StartEd are doing. As one of the original StartEd alumns, and having raised a Series A round because of it, I have an affinity for those who support the EdTech ecosystem and keep it thriving. https://lnkd.in/eNWWrFBa #ETmagazine #catalyst #edtech #onfoundersterms

Minerva's Virtual Academy is growing like it’s strapped to a rocket right now, and the team and I are working full-time to keep up — it’s fantastic, but it hasn’t happened overnight. If you charted MVA’s trajectory on a graph, you’d see an exponential upward trend…following about 7 years of either slow steady growth or even flatlining. That’s Minerva Tutors, the tutoring business I still run today, which turns 10 this year. Its success hasn’t been as flashy or headline-grabbing as MVA, but it’s why MVA exists. It’s where I learned to be the leader I am now, it’s where I proved many of the concepts that MVA depends on to work, and it laid the foundational groundwork that launched the Academy. If I’d given up then, none of this would be happening now. If things don’t feel like they’re taking off yet, keep going. You’re fuelling the rocket – the launch will come 🚀

🔍 In seeking optimal educational support, have you considered what sets Quantus Learning® apart from conventional tuition centres and private tutors? 🎓 Our latest blog post delves into the distinctive benefits of our approach. 🌐💼 Explore the insights here: https://lnkd.in/d4aj_qus #QuantusLearning #EducationInnovation #AcademicExcellence #ProfessionalDevelopment #SingaporeLearning 📊👩🎓

Rackin’ up the awards.. 🙌🏻 Kuder Galaxy is a personal favorite - a hard truth slammed into me when I joined Kuder: you cannot be what you cannot see. This certainly hit home for a kid from rural Iowa who didn’t understand the breadth of careers and occupations in the world. Honestly, I can lament that, but another truth is that some similar limitations will always persist: kids’ world view is largely fueled by the community they live in and the people in their lives. Galaxy helps elementary educators and counselors take aim straight at this conundrum: to expand kids’ knowledge and understanding about the world of work through gamified, age appropriate learning content. Set in space, this learning software exposes a comprehensive view of the world of work, over 100 different occupations, and allows kids to explore all of that without the inherent biases we can create in our own mind based on gender or ethnicity. As a parent of 6 and 8 year old girls, I see and hear them asking questions about work. Funny story: when my dad (retired for 13 years) was on his laptop, my daughter asked him if he was working. Clearly my work and my husband’s work is nearly 100% computer based! The takeaway - knowledge about the world of work doesn’t just slam into kids, we have to build an understanding and awareness that there are jobs outside of teacher, nurse, software engineer, etc. so they can be prepared to make informed plans and decisions about their future.