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How many of you are building education startups?

6 points by mvkel ↗ HN
My company (http://localist.com) is currently powering the social events calendars of over 40 institutions. While we're not technically an education company, the majority of our customer base is higher education.

Higher ed is definitely a unique vertical that has its pros and cons; I'd love to hear about other HN readers trying to break into the space and the challenges you're facing.

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ramdaffe
Currently conducting a market research on building a service for high school in Southeast Asia.

Biggest problem is the infrastructure (quality internet access is still a luxury) and basically the school's internal staffs are stuck in the 90s (more than half aren't trained in using e-mail and this is in the top high school of the capital city).

On the brighter side, there are no bureaucracy, no regulation.

mvkel
That's a great strategy. Asia is desperate for technology solutions in education and it's a completely untapped market. Good luck!
BenSS
We're at the totally opposite end of the spectrum, working with Pre-K to K. There was some earlier talk about dealing directly with schools, but that's a difficult path to walk.

http://www.kindertown.com

ahsanhilal
So do you guys make all the apps that you sell through your platform? In either case pretty great concept
BenSS
We are developing our own apps, but right now we're highlighting the best ones out there according to our own educators.