The Anatomy of an Education-Technology Startup

There are 11 companies in the current cohort of Imagine K12, the only startup incubator program specifically for K-12 education technology. But the entrepreneurs that make up those companies come from a wide variety of backgrounds. They range in age from 18 to 51. Some have worked as classroom teachers, others have worked in quantitative finance, but all of them bring a unique set of skills to the table.

There are 11 companies in the current cohort of Imagine K12, the only startup incubator program specifically for K-12 education technology. But the entrepreneurs that make up those companies come from a wide variety of backgrounds. They range in age from 18 to 51. Some have worked as classroom teachers, others have worked in quantitative finance, but all of them bring a unique set of skills to the table.

Click on the bullets below for more information about each company and how entrepreneurs of varying backgrounds take different approaches. Listen to the audio clips to learn more about how those backgrounds inform each company’s approach.

Reporter: Jason Tomassini | Design and Programming: Chienyi Cheri Hung and Paul Franz

A version of this article appeared in the September 19, 2012 edition of Education Week