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Ending the VC dream and pivoting to an indie company - David Kofoed Wind, Eduflow
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15 minutes
Released:
Aug 30, 2022
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David Kofoed Wind is the co-founder and CEO of Eduflow an education platform started in 2015 as Peergrade, which was a peer to peer feedback tool. David is the definition of technical, having studied for a degree in applied math and computer science, then a Ph.D in machine learning. This is where the idea for Peergrade was born, as he started teach a course in data science and solved his own problem.? Extended version of this episode.What we covered in this episode:
How Peergrade started in 2015
Scratching your own itch
Selling to universities
Using your "unfair advantages"
Why David took a Ph.D
What it's like building a product with a Ph.D
Having a terrible product
Going for and ending the VC dream
Pivoting Peergrade to Eduflow
Why David resonates with Indie Hackers
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How Peergrade started in 2015
Scratching your own itch
Selling to universities
Using your "unfair advantages"
Why David took a Ph.D
What it's like building a product with a Ph.D
Having a terrible product
Going for and ending the VC dream
Pivoting Peergrade to Eduflow
Why David resonates with Indie Hackers
Recommendations
Book: Rework by Basecamp
Podcast: Out of Beta
Indie Hacker: Jon Yongfook
Follow DavidTwitterFollow Me
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
2 Hour Podcast Course
PodPanda (hire me to edit your podcast)
Sponsor - Ramen ClubMy favourite community has just got a significant upgrade as it rebrands to Ramen Club, the best community to help you get to Ramen Profitability.Ramen club has 4 remote coworking sessions a week, masterminds, accountability calls, live AMAs, a fractional CFO, in-house VA, discounts and so much more. But most of all, the founder Charlie has done a wonderful job at cultivating a wonderfully friendly and supportive community.To join the world's most supportive community for bootstrapped founders to reach ramen profitable and beyond, head to ramenclub.so and use code "INDIEBITES" to let Charlie know I sent you and get 50% off your first month.
Released:
Aug 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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