Upskilling India | Great Learning
Hari Krishnan Nair is an entrepreneur who made professional education easily accessible to Indians so that they could equip themselves with career-critical competencies.
He founded Great Learning, one of India’s largest learning platforms. A trailblazer in the ed-tech segment, Great Learning has delivered over 9 Million learning hours & boasts of 15,000+ alumni!
But Great Learning was not Hari’s first startup.
His first startup was a venture called Book Genie. Before Great Learning, he had also been the founder of a marketing automation startup.
Hari keenly wanted to harness the power & scale of technology to create high-quality professional education accessible to all in India.
Throughout his entrepreneurial journey, he went through his share of trials & tribulations but his passion for making education accessible to all helped him move ahead through all obstacles until he achieved his dreams.
In this episode, he talked about his entrepreneurial journey, what drives him & his passion for making education accessible through technology.
He explains how to market premium service products, why focusing on quality over growth in the inception phase is important and how can one nurture & engage audiences through content.
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Additional readings:-
2.Demand for generative AI courses skyrocketed in last 6 months, says co-founder of Great Learning
3.How bootstrapped edtech startup Great Learning notched up Rs 150 cr in revenue
4.Edutech firms are barely scratching the surface, says Great Learning's Hari Krishnan Nair
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