Favorite Parts of Working in the Education Technology Industry as a Chief Revenue Officer
Jon, Braintrust Tutors' CRO, finds the current period in educational technology to be a "Zenith of activity," comparing it favorably to the booming tech scene of the late 90s, and after nearly 15 years in the field, now finds the industry delivering "a lot of the rewards that had been pending for a long time."
Education Technology, Leadership, Business Development, Sales, Executive
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Jon Small
CRO
Braintrust Tutors
McGill University 2000
MA NYU and MBA UCLA
Fine Arts, Music, Psychology
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Video Highlights
1. The education technology industry is experiencing a period of significant growth and opportunity.
2. The pandemic accelerated the adoption of educational technology, leading to increased demand and larger contracts.
3. There are many exciting clients and opportunities available in the field right now.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
Yes, my industry is education technology. It's a good time.
If you worked in the late 90s at Amazon, Microsoft, or eBay, that was a really electric time for tech startups. These recent years, really starting with the pandemic, have created a paradigm shift for education technology.
These past few years have been the real zenith of activity in education technology. The biggest contracts have been available, and the most exciting clients to serve have come about during this time. If there's any time to work in education technology, this is probably it.
I had been in it for almost 15 years beforehand. So, I finally got to this stage where I'm able to reap a lot of the rewards that had been pending for a long time.