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Part IV: Scaling, Capital, and Rules

Chapter 18

Selling to Schools, Districts, and Universities

Selling to education institutions is slow, seasonal and political. Buyers are public bodies spending taxpayer and grant money under procurement law. The people who use the product usually do not control the budget, and the people who control the budget answer to boards, auditors and parents. Successful companies combine two motions: bottom-up adoption by teachers and faculty who find and love a tool, and top-down sales to the leaders who can fund it at scale.

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In this chapter

  1. 18.1The shape of the market
  2. 18.2Two motions and the hybrid
  3. 18.3Who buys inside a district
  4. 18.4Selling to the calendar
  5. 18.5Funding sources and procurement
  6. 18.6Pilots without purgatory
  7. 18.7Universities and employers
  8. 18.8How an expert sells to education