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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The turn of events at the edtech startup is a cautionary tale of a bull market, misaligned incentives to founders and a flawed sales process.
Here’s the most important thing you need to know about Teachmint: It could be the next edtech startup to implode. But before getting to the how, let me tell you why it is important.
This Bengaluru-based startup was founded by IITians Mihir Gupta, Payoj Jain, Divyansh Bordia and Anshuman Kumar in May 2020 as a platform to digitize education. It rode the COVID-19 wave, raised $118 million within 18 months and became one of the fastest-growing startups in India, with a valuation of $500 million. Buoyed by the reception, Teachmint started scaling in multiple directions. It expanded overseas and acquired …
AI is set to disrupt the sector. While the path ahead looks tough for legacy publishers like S Chand Publishing and Arihant Publications, things don’t look encouraging for others in the industry either.
As AI advances rapidly, leadership, judgment and strategy matter more than ever. Today’s MBA is evolving to shape leaders for an AI-led world.
As the company weighs a move into test prep ahead of a 2027 IPO, the question is whether entering a category from which upGrad has consciously stayed away so far makes sense.
