Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Start-up

23/03/2021 28 min Episodio 144
Managing Future Growth at an Innovative Workforce Education Start-up

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Episode Synopsis

Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with “education as a benefit.” The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition-assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by the employer to the academic institution and by supporting students with coaching and advising. Now CEO and co-founder Rachel Carlson must decide how to manage the company’s future growth. Should she focus on expanding Guild’s core education marketplace, or extend the business model to include the career placement market?