Direct Access to District Decision-Makers
A different sitting superintendent (or 2) every month, varied by district size and state across the year, so you get a variety of input.
A year-round membership for early stage EdTech companies
The Founders Table is a year-round membership and community for early stage EdTech companies. Every month you are in a room with a different sitting superintendent, in a working session on what comes next for your company, and in office hours when you want a second read on something. Monthly or annual, with a discount for paying up front.
The room that moves your company forward
The Founders Table exists to move your company forward faster than you could alone. Every month you are in a room with sitting superintendents and founders at your stage, working through the questions that decide whether a company makes it: how a district reaches a decision, who else has to say yes, whether your pricing survives a board meeting.
Those answers change from one year to the next, so this is not something you learn once. It is a standing seat with the superintendents who make those calls and the founders working the same problems, and you leave every session further along than you came.
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Doug Roberts
Founder & CEO
Institute for Education Innovation
Rita Ferrandino
Founding Partner
Arc Capital Development
CEO 1-Day Virtual Summit
Seven sessions on the four things that decide how fast an early EdTech company grows: raising capital, building a product that holds up at district scale, understanding how districts buy, and running a go-to-market motion that pays for itself.
You'll hear from EdTech investors, product leaders who have shipped into K-12, sitting superintendents taking open questions on procurement, and B2B marketing leaders on outbound and conference return. The afternoon is a live pitch competition for companies under $1.5M, with feedback from investors and district leaders in real time.
Included with membership in The Founders Table. Companies outside the membership can register directly.
Institute for Education Innovation
IEI connects education leaders and innovative companies to accelerate what works in K-12 schools. Based in the United States, IEI has deep relationships with superintendents and district leaders across the country, and a track record of creating high-value environments for companies building for districts.
The Founders Table puts that to work as a membership community for early stage companies. Every month you are in the room with a different district leader and industry expert or CEO who has already been where you are now, asking the questions you cannot get answered anywhere else and getting real feedback while you are still figuring it all out.
Are you ready for a seat at the table?
If you want a lower-commitment way into the IEI community, built for founders who want to start with conversation, tell us about your company and we will send you the details.