Olds: BoodleBox Received Over 100 Higher Ed Pilot Requests from AI Conference
Shawn Olds · 22 - From Nonprofit AI to BoodleBox with Founder Shawn Olds · Feb 6, 2025 · at 15:13
Shawn Olds, co-founder and COO of BoodleBox, discusses higher education marketing and inbound demand with Christian Marquez.
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“And so we actually walked out of that conference with over a request for over 100 pilots from a variety of schools and universities.”
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