EP 73 : Building in EdTech | Pooja Goyal (Co-founder, Avishkaar)
The Startup OperatorMarch 16, 202100:43:56

EP 73 : Building in EdTech | Pooja Goyal (Co-founder, Avishkaar)

Pooja Goyal joined Avishkaar as the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer in September 2020. She brings with her over 20 years of global leadership experience in EdTech and product development with the likes of Adobe, KLAY, and PalmSource Inc. Avishkaar robotics kits are already used by more than 100,000 students in over 1100 schools across India. As the co-founder at Avishkaar, Pooja is looking to scale the company to the next level of growth and build a worldwide robotics and coding education brand out of India – a 38-billion-dollar market worldwide. Tune in to get a better understanding of how EdTech companies are changing educational norms with the help of technology. 00:00 - Episode overview 01:04 - Pooja's journey so far 05:18 - Being a serial entrepreneur 08:37 - Learnings from previous startups 12:11 - Avishkaar's founding story 19:27 - Managing stakeholders 30:22 - EdTech and educational institutions 37:19 - Being a VC-investible business Connect with Pooja - Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojasgoyal Twitter - https://twitter.com/poojasgoyal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message

Pooja Goyal joined Avishkaar as the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer in September 2020. She brings with her over 20 years of global leadership experience in EdTech and product development with the likes of Adobe, KLAY, and PalmSource Inc.


Avishkaar robotics kits are already used by more than 100,000 students in over 1100 schools across India. As the co-founder at Avishkaar, Pooja is looking to scale the company to the next level of growth and build a worldwide robotics and coding education brand out of India – a 38-billion-dollar market worldwide.


Tune in to get a better understanding of how EdTech companies are changing educational norms with the help of technology.


00:00 - Episode overview 

01:04 - Pooja's journey so far 

05:18 - Being a serial entrepreneur 

08:37 - Learnings from previous startups 

12:11 - Avishkaar's founding story 

19:27 - Managing stakeholders 

30:22 - EdTech and educational institutions 

37:19 - Being a VC-investible business


Connect with Pooja -

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/poojasgoyal 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/poojasgoyal

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message