Lakhamraju: Educational outcomes depend on intellectual property, not physical infrastructure
Mohan Lakhamraju · Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder, Great Learning on building $100 Million ARR EdTech Business in India · Oct 5, 2020 · at 20:28
Great Learning founder Mohan Lakhamraju shares the foundational operating philosophy behind building scalable edtech and higher education institutions.
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“Outcomes are what matter, and the main thing that goes into those outcomes is the intellectual property. It's the faculty, it's the content, it's the curriculum, the pedagogy, and the experiences that the students have.”
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