Helping kids learn by building a direct to family education marketplace with Amir Nathoo, founder/CEO of Outschool

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Helping kids learn by building a direct to family education marketplace with Amir Nathoo, founder/CEO of Outschool

The Consumer VC Episode 129 with Amir Nathoo, founder/CEO of Outschool

Mike Gelb

May 13, 2021

Hey Friends,

Today’s episode of The Consumer VC is with Amir Nathoo, the founder of Outschool.

Outschool is an education platform that offers a variety of engaging, small-group classes online that gives kids the unique opportunity to explore their interests in-depth. They were also one of the fastest growing tech companies during COVID.

In this discussion, we chat about Amir’s origin story and how he was able to sense an opportunity to create a complimentary platform to traditional education.

Here are some of the questions focused on -

What was his GTM strategy - what types of families and children did he initially target?
What was the opportunity he saw in education?
What was the aha moment or series of instances that led him to founding Outschool?
Did he have to change any part of the strategy due to COVID?
Did he go through a supply crunch during COVID?

Thank you Mercedes Bent for the introduction to Amir! I hope you all enjoy.

You can listen on Apple Podcast Here, Spotify Here and other distribution channels.

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