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by ehairston
2268 days ago
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You're spot on; we were very intentional about starting niche in these intro weed out STEM courses because we recognized that there was a huge gap in the system and a "hair on fire" problem we could solve: 50% of STEM students switch majors & most who completed undergrad had no idea how much their major choice would impact their career. Dropping these intro classes often is the difference between graduating with a STEM degree & an in-demand job or struggling for a lot longer. This felt like a low-hanging fruit spot to make huge impact. Some poster children for tutoring are: Chegg, Kaplan and Crimson Education. The way we avoid the "off network" issue (which I've definitely done myself before as well), is by offering group sessions. With this model, we're able to offer students way more help for much cheaper than paying an hourly 1:1 tutor fee. Edlyft Mentors also love tutoring for Edlyft because they are usually CS majors trying to build their resume and we are a YC-backed tech startup. To avoid "do my hw for me", we have all mentors agree to an academic honesty policy, go through mentor training, and all are interviewed before they join Edlyft. Love the question on convincing YC! Our key insight was that 70% of coding bootcampers already have their bachelor's degree. This is way higher than most realize. Edlyft is tackling the Lambda School problem from a different angle that is much lower cost and higher margins, meaning we don't need to teach curriculum. Instead, we reach students when they are already in an environment for learning and have less responsibility (no kids or full time jobs usually). We give them the support they need to graduate the first time with the skills they would have paid an additional thousands of dollars for in the future. |
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