Acquired by Chegg - lessons learned from raising $5.1 mil and getting acquired - by Dan Johnston.

The AFT podcast: At the Forefront of Transactions | Previously known as Fundraising Radio.
24/08/2020 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

Dan Johnston, currently the Co-founder & CEO at WorkStep and the Co-Founder at InstaEDU explains what major lessons he had learned from building InstaEDU and raising $5.1 million for it. We also talked about what he would do if he can go back in time and change one thing in the process. Super helpful for any early stage founder and specifically for founders in educational field.
Workstep: https://www.workstep.com/
Similar story of acquisition of SchoolMint: https://www.fundraisingradio.com/acquired-by-bv-investment-partners-founder-of-schoolmint-jinal-jhaveri-shares-his-experience-of-getting-acquired/

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