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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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New Study by MPOWER Financing Shows the Value of Investing in Immigrants

Dream It

The report, “Empowering Global Citizens to Create Global Change,” focuses on the impact of MPOWER Financing’s core product, the world’s only fixed-rate, no-cosigner education loan for international and DACA students at top U.S. Enhance the financial independence and educational prospects of women from emerging markets. and Canada.

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Booming edtech M&A activity brings consolidation to a fragmented sector

TechCrunch

Saga Education, a tutoring nonprofit backed by Comcast, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others, acquired math software platform Woot Math. We also saw PowerSchool, which sells a suite of software services to manage schools, scoop up Hoonuit, a data management and analytics tool for educators. for young students.

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Behind the scenes: The challenges of building an EdTech startup

Startup Grind

Many have tried to revolutionize education and failed. Education startups need science and research based evidence on their approach to learning and education. I would definitely recommend UCL educate program for that side. Startup Failure Reason SharpScholar Layers of approvals needed for the product to be used.

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3 Things You’ll Need to Launch a Creative Business

StartupNation

You can use social media as one tool to make those connections , but it doesn’t stop there. If you’re a professional and you want to make a sustainable living from your art, you need a bank account that’s separate from the one you use in your personal life. Personal connections are what is going to really sell.

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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Add to that, the dozens of courses I’ve attended and home education programs I’ve listened to.

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Should you use TikTok for your business?

Startup Blogpost

From having visual and shareable content to making the jump to YouTube Shorts, here are 10 answers to the question, “Should you use TikTok for your business? Before You Jump Into the Fray, Have a Sound Strategy. For example, I’ve been able to create informative videos that educate people on the latest tech trends and products.