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Spencer Shulam: WeDo can predict whether a student will fail a class
“We, for example, can even today start predicting if a student's going to fail a class within the first few days of signing up for our product because we're able to see they're not marking off certain assignments, and we know other people who are just like them…”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo achieves 30% retention, beating competitors by 20x
“And just from the data alone, we have 20 times the retention of the best products in our space. We're able to get to about 30% retention even after 10 to 12 months.”
Phil Nadel: WeDo is just a task management app for college kids
“I just think it's a task management app for college kids, and that's all it is right now today.”
Charles Hudson passes on WeDo over disconnect between problem and product
“So I totally identify with the problem, but I'm having a really difficult time connecting the problem statement to the product, so for me, this one's gonna be a pass, but I can tell you have real enthusiasm and energy about solving this, but for me, it just do…”
Shulam: WeDo tracks micro-actions to build a map of human behavior
“Today we're helping students build and maintain healthy routines, and then we use that data to also help them track daily tasks and stuff like that. This is all in the effort of tracking micro actions people take to building a map of human behavior.”
Spencer Shulam: Predictive planners fail without 24/7 personal routine data
“There have been a lot of predictive planners out there. They all don't work because they have no idea what's happening before work and what's going on after work. They don't know if you didn't sleep enough. Maybe meditating in the morning would really help. Ma…”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo is raising $1.5M with backing from Pritzker, Crosscut, Amplify
“Part of this round, so we're raising a million and a half dollars. We have some great existing investors like Pritzker Group, Crosscut, and Amplify.”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo has slightly fewer than 1,000 paid subscribers
“A little bit less than a thousand.”
Josh Muccio: WeDo founder Spencer Shulam previously raised $1.2M
“The thing is, Spencer had successfully raised in earlier rounds to the tune of 1.2 million dollars, he said.”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo converts about 6.6% of users to paid subscriptions
“We convert about 6.6% of our users to that paid subscription.”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo retains 60% to 80% of paid subscribers
“And then our retention with our subscription is relatively high, around 60, 80%.”
Spencer Shulam: WeDo reached 15,000 active users across 800 schools
“We grew to over 800 schools. Last semester we ended with about 15,000 monthly active users.”