Shushma Sharma

Founder & Managing Partner, Legal Clarity Group · 1 appearance on the record.

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Sushma Sharma is a former corporate attorney and legal educator who founded Konversai, an edtech marketplace for live-video knowledge sharing. She holds law degrees from the University of Oxford and Columbia Law School and now advises businesses on corporate strategy.

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Insight

Sharma: Free platforms fill with junk; nominal fees enforce creator accountability

“My thing is, if you make it free, it's gonna fill up with crap. So I want to feel I want to make people feel accountable for what they are putting up, that hey, even if you want to donate your time, you want to make it free think about it first.”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 4:51 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

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Sharma: Marketplace provider friction comes from Stripe forms, not fees

“No, not Stripe fee. They have no issue with the Stripe fee. It's the Stripe form, the form, the filling of the form, giving all their personal information, which is where a little bit of.”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 9:59 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

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Sharma: Early questionnaire anchored Konversai pricing to $30 for 30 minutes

“Yeah, I think the average has become 30 for 30 and it's probably our doing because we did a couple of events and one of the questionnaire was that what would you teach or what would you share for 30 dollars in 30 minutes? And then when some people just automat…”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 12:54 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

Disclosure

Sharma: Konversai charges users 50 cents monthly to list services

“If you make these boxes, there is a charge for it. And the charge is extremely minimal and it's one credit, which is 50 cents.”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 4:27 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

Disclosure

Sharma: Konversai takes a 10% fee on paid user conversations

“We get 10% of which three, a little over three percent goes to Stripe for the money management, and the rest comes to us.”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 6:10 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

Disclosure

Sharma: Konversai raised a $1.3 million seed round

“We have raised capital. I raised a seat down to 1.3 million dollars.”

Shushma Sharma Mar 16, 2017 ▶ 11:40 EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma Sharma

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
EP 600: Konversai Raises $1.3M Helping 800 Teachers Make Money With Marketplace CEO Sushma	Mar 16, 2017	7m

Shushma Sharma

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