Garg: Chegg scaled by discounting textbooks, not reinventing learning
Avichal Garg · Cost vs Quality in Edtech – Keith Schacht, Avichal Garg, and Geoff Ralston · Y Combinator · Apr 6, 2018 · at 11:49
Avichal Garg, YC Expert, responds to Geoff Ralston regarding whether Chegg's enterprise value derived from core educational innovation or textbook discounting.
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“By and large, if you look at Chegg, the way they got to where they are is they didn't reinvent digital learning, they just made textbooks cheaper.”
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