Shaunak Roy joins Ryan in this episode. Shaunak is the CEO and founder of Yellowdig, an active learning platform adopted by hundreds of colleges and universities. Yellowdig have a unique approach to sales and revenue, they use what they call the B2B to C Model, with a majority inbound sales method and work alongside the distinctive traits of the education space to grow and scale.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Yellowdig creates connected learning environments, regardless of where students/teachers are located. It creates a unique user experience that doesn’t exist online or a physical classroom either.
- Shaunak had always known he wanted to start his own company, he also knew that if he did create a company he wanted it to be scalable. This is why he wanted to create problem-solving technology.
- Shaunak started to learn everything he could about building a product, business models and the education space. It was a tremendous learning experience for him as he started to build Yellowdig.
- Yellowdig’s first product wasn’t a success but the schools loved the concept, so they went back to the drawing board to make it better.
- Yellowdig are a B2B to C company. This means that they go directly to the user of their technology and give them a pilot. If they then like this, they then use them to champion the school/administrator to buy the product.
- The majority of Yellowdig’s leads are inbound, via faculty members referring and user webinars.
- As the education sector trust largely on referrals, Yellowdig are careful not to be to ‘salesy’ towards them. This is a group that doesn’t like to feel like they are being sold to.
- Gathering useful feedback from users is essential to Yellowdig’s progress. Education is a very impact driven space to they want to ensure they can give all the facts and measures to their clients.
BEST MOMENTS
“I’ve always wanted to start a company which is why I did”
“The B2C to C is essentially an extension of B2B”
“Raising money is a big question, especially for saas companies”
“It’s a change in mindset, a lot of institutions are old school so you have to be patient with them”
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EPISODE RESOURCES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunak-roy-65231b
https://www.yellowdig.co/profile/88adc34e-9c40-41eb-9adc-5f06046ad8e8/profile
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