Innovator Tribe: Outside The Bubble

Andyshea Saberioon is the co-founder of Pledgecents.com. Pledgecents is a social impact marketplace that is bridging the gap between EdTech companies and classrooms. To date Pledgecents has helped over 400,000 students through the platform. In this episode Andy talks about how he and his co-founder started in the EdTech space with no education or tech background.  He shares how they immersed themselves in the space once they started working on the idea and built a strong team of industry experts as their advisors. He also shares tips on how to connect with industry experts leveraging social media.   Key highlights: Two-sided markets and the "chicken and egg" problem Securing industry experts as board members The relationship between co-founders Managing investor money and relationships       Show Notes       Tools & Resources Mentioned in the Show   The Lean Lab Trello Slack Google Docs ET the HipHop Preacher     Favorite Business Book "Del