Lack of experience can be a superpower to dare taking risks as an entrepreneur

EdTech Founders

In the 8th episode of EdTech Founders from EdTech Garage we interview Jack Daly, founder of 8BitCADE & STEM studio, based in the UK. 8bitcade makes fun, DYI, game consoles to teach STEM topics. They offer their services in the K12 segment in a B2C model.

We talk about: The future of STEM education, being a designer, agility & time to market, using other founders to get insights, how lack of experience can both be an asset and a challenge and more.

Outtakes from the conversation:

"The frustration led to a big ambition, to take on the educational sector and change it and create my own alternative curriculum."

"I'm not a fan of marketing, I prefer to make a good product that sells itself."

"Schools have always been quite delayed; they're about five years behind where we are as consumers…"

"Just network and talk to founders rather than investors. Get that insight and knowledge because they've gone through the same process."

"If anything, I almost wish every entrepreneur was a designer, because at the end of the day, the things we learn as a designer, the design process, is very similar to what an entrepreneur should be going through."

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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