Matthew Glotzbach

Board Director, Quizlet · 1 appearance on the record.

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Matthew Glotzbach is a board director and the former CEO of Quizlet, where he served from 2016 to 2024. He previously spent 12 years at Google, including roles on the founding team of Google Apps and as Vice President of Product Management at YouTube.

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Matthew Glotzbach: A four-year degree now only serves you for two years

“We're moving into a world where learning is becoming both unbundled and continuous. So you're constantly learning, right? That four year degree probably serves you for the next year or two, and you've got to be continuously learning new skills.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 12:26 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet reaches over half of US college and two-thirds of high schoolers

“Quizlet is now used by over half of US college students and two thirds of US high school students.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 2:17 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet reports over 30M monthly active users growing at 50% YoY

“We're now over thirty million users using us actively studying on the platform on a monthly basis. And that number is growing rapidly, you know, 50% plus year on year.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 7:53 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet CEO reports triple-digit YoY revenue growth

“We're seeing triple digit year over year revenue growth.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 9:10 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet records over 1B learning transactions per week

“We do over a billion learning transactions per week, and so a learning transaction is, I ask you a question, you give, Quizlet asks you a question, you give Quizlet an answer, and then Quizlet gives you feedback.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 10:10 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Glotzbach: Quizlet has amassed over 300 million study sets

“Quizlet has amassed over three hundred million study sets of content”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 3:32 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet scaled for 12 years purely through organic and viral growth

“Quizlet has been around for over a decade now, actually going on 12 years, and all of the growth has been really organic and viral”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 4:57 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

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Quizlet sees 350% YoY growth in Brazil after Portuguese localization

“We've localized the product into 19 different languages at this point and now making it available globally. And so we're seeing triple digit growth outside the U S. You know, for example last year in Brazil, we saw 350% year on year growth as we made the produ…”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 8:17 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

Disclosure

Quizlet CEO shifted product from one-time purchase to recurring subscriptions

“One of the first things I did when I joined the company was moved from the subscription model actually wasn't a subscription. It was a one-time purchase. So we put a recurrence in place and obviously you know, and saw renewal rates shoot up through the roof.”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 14:41 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

Disclosure

Quizlet balances three core KPIs: revenue, 28-day active users, and engagement

“We have three goals that we look at and we treat them, you know, it's a three-legged stool that you need to keep in balance. So there's obviously a revenue goal because that's around sustainability and drives our growth, right?”

Matthew Glotzbach Feb 10, 2019 ▶ 16:59 1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
1296 3 Metrics 30m MAU Quizlet Tracks As They Pass 1m Paying Customers	Feb 10, 2019	14m

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