We have a successful history of developing Edtech startups on the north shore (eg ASX:3PL, Mathletics and Spellodrome) and on this night we'll explore everything relating to how to start and grow your Edtech venture: from how to develop your idea into a digital solution, how to crack the market, how to get your product sold to a thousand schools and how to demonstrate value adding to school principals and decision makers.

About the speaker: Mark Stanley

Mark Stanley launched Literatu into the global K-12 education market in 2012 after selling his successful Risk Management software company in 2009.

Literatu's key milestones:

• 3 international awards for education technology, including BETT Asia 2014
• 60,000 users in Singapore and a partnership with TATA India to deploy across their 1200 schools.
• B2C assessment app for MacMillan India, supporting 2m (6m in 2018) text books in private schools.
• Penetrated other markets including: Virginia USA, Guatemala, Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia.

When not travelling throughout Asia, Mark mentors young Australian entrepreneurs and is on the Board of a private school in Sydney.

Mark will be in conversation with Rob Barakat and Jenny Atkinson.