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LEGENDARY week in Copenhagen for TechBBQ and our fourth edtech / future of work meetup where we gathered 70 founders and investors passionate about disrupting the space. Highlights: 💡 Wizdom's insights on how to cultivate a high performing team: i) Don't compromise on competencies when hiring, poor cultural fit will impact the whole organisation; ii) Burnt out teams underperform - proper R&R is crucial to high performance.  🕰 Helene's founder story from Tiimo and the trade off between speed to market and taking the time to get the product right, especially when you are building truly impactful products for users. It takes patience! 😅 The second Emerge run club - ANOTHER ZERO TURNOUT. Third time lucky? (Puresport how did you do it?!!) Thanks to everyone who came along, Wizdom, Helene and Rasmus for your AMAZING insights, and our friends Michael and Dominika for being fantastic co-hosts.

💡 In the early days of a startup, pivoting quickly can be the difference between success and failure. But when do you know it's time to stop experimenting and start executing? Emerge Venture Partner, Smita Bakshi, co-founder of zyBooks: A Wiley Brand, shares the pivotal moments that signaled it was time to scale — including a surprising lesson learned from a packed conference booth and a long game strategy in edtech. 👀 Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel (Emerge PMF Academy) for more insights on early-stage startup strategy.

🇩🇰 Are you going to TechBBQ next week? Are you building / investing in EdTech or Future of Work and based in Denmark / the Nordics? If YES - then join me and my colleague Sami together well as Headspace Chief Purpose Officer Wizdom and Zensai CEO Rasmus Holst at the Emerge X Antler Copenhagen meetup next week. 🤑 Founders, come and meet investors from other funds including byFounders, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Scale Venture Partners, Norrsken, CVX Ventures, Wave Ventures and Maersk Growth and more. 🦄 Investors, come find the next big thing! Spots are limited - link to sign up here: https://lu.ma/ncqdblck

🔥 Founders, how much time should you really spend on strategy when you're constantly putting out fires? According to Smita Bakshi, co-founder of zyBooks: A Wiley Brand, strategy isn't just important—it's critical to reducing those fires in the first place. 💡 She breaks it down into two essential phases: 1️⃣ Before Product-Market Fit: Identify the undeniable need, know why you are best suited to solve it, and look for key inflection points to leverage. 2️⃣ After Product-Market Fit: Focus on delighting your users and expanding your user base. Stick to your strategy, even when tempting opportunities arise outside your core focus. 👀 Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel (Emerge PMF Academy) for more insights on early-stage startup strategy.

👋 Edtech founders, we’re hosting a free workshop on reaching Product-Market Fit in edtech with EdTech product coach and advisor, Matt Walton, founding Chief Product Officer at FutureLearn. "The Never-Ending Road to Product Market Fit" Date: Tuesday 24th September Time: 1-2pm, UK (on Zoom) If you’d like to join, drop your company name in the comments and complete the short application form under this post! We'll explore: 👉 What is product-market fit? 👉 How do you know you’ve got it? 👉 6 insights common to EdTech companies who have successfully found it. We’ll introduce a diagnostic tool to help participants explore for themselves on which dimensions they are making progress and where to focus their efforts. Plus, share case studies of Edtech companies that have successfully done it. As the name suggests, finding product-market fit is a never-ending road so this is not just for early stages but equally relevant to established startups and scale-ups and people trying to innovate in established organizations. 🙌 We can’t wait to see you there.

🇩🇰 Going to TechBBQ (or based in Copenhagen?!) and building / investing in EdTech or Future of Work??? If YES - then join me, my colleague Nic, as well as Headspace Chief Purpose Officer Wizdom and Zensai CEO Rasmus at the Emerge X Antler Copenhagen meetup next week. 🤑 Founders, come meet investors from other funds including byFounders, Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Scale Venture Partners, Norrsken VC, CVX Ventures, Wave Ventures, Maersk Growth and more. 🦄 Investors, come find the next big thing! Spots are limited - link to sign up here: https://lu.ma/ncqdblck

💡Early-stage startups: how do you decide where to allocate your budget when every dollar counts? In the early days, it’s often 100% product-focused. But when do you start shifting resources to sales and marketing? Our new PMF Academy episode features Emerge Venture Partner, Smita Bakshi, co-founder of zyBooks: A Wiley Brand, who answers this question/ 🧭 In this clip, she shares her approach to navigating this critical transition—from finding product-market fit to building a sales engine. She also covers balancing short-term gains with long-term innovation, including how to handle tech debt and the exploration of new technologies like AI. 👀 Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel (Emerge PMF Academy) for more insights on early-stage startup strategy.

Top 40 edtech startups Learning News reviews the 2024 list of top emerging edtech businesses, compiled annually by Emerge - a venture capital fund focused on early stage investments in European #EdTech startups. 40 companies are listed: 10 Superstars, with $50M+ raised, include Lepaya and TechWolf; 20 Rising Stars, with $15M-$50M raised, include Colossyan, eduMe and Maven; 10 Future Stars include 5Mins.ai and Reelyze. Donald H Taylor, who helps to compile the list, joins Learning News to take us through it. https://lnkd.in/e9An7aEr

TechBBQ is just around the corner - yeah 🔥🔥🔥 Emerge x Antler hosts a side event on EdTech / Future of Work! ... and am super proud to have been asked to join Dr. Wizdom Powell,PhD, MPH, CMHC (Chief Purpose Officer, Headspace) to share learnings, experiences and stories 🚀 See you all there 😀 #zensai #techbbq #humansuccess