Employees spend 12 hours per week searching for information because they lack skills

In the 9th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Aleksandra Maravic, founder of Beyond the Box, a subscription based skills platform for enterprises based in Italy. Her vision is to eliminate the skills mismatch by 2030.

We talk about: Attracting customers & talent, the power of accelerators & mentors, feeling lonely as a founder, supporting different generations in the team, building products people love and more.

Outtakes from the conversation:

"…attract the people that you want to work with you even if they're just customers…"

"COVID and the pandemic forced us to change our mindset… It fastened the development of a EdTech startups, but we still have a long road to go."

"It always helps to be surrounded by people that are in this vertical or with mentors that can help you see things from a different point of view."

"…build a product that people love. Because if you have a great go to market, but customers don't like your product, it will be a long and hard ride. …you can always fix the go to market strategy with test, failures, experience. But, if you build a good product, it means that you're really obsessed by their problem, and you can make a difference."

The EdTech Garage is a network for early-stage European EdTech startups where founders can scale up faster through the founder community, matchmaking and specialized resources. In this podcast series we interview engaged early-stage EdTech founders from across Europe who are a part of the EdTech Garage network. We get straight to the point in 20 minutes and publish new episodes roughly every 2nd week. You can find the transcript from each podcast on the site below.

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Host: Frank Albert Coates