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We can help you fix acute user pain points quickly. We can also help you with longer-term strategic challenges like product validation and innovation, roadmap planning, and team scalability.
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Is a surge of user frustration growing into an emergency?

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We can help you identify and create an actionable plan to deal with UX pain points so you can avoid more serious long-term damage such as product abandonment and lost sales.

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EdTech Growth Series | Part 1: Research strategies that build the foundation for expansion

As EdTech companies mature, they inevitably look to grow their user bases. When you find yourself at such an inflection point, it’s more critical than ever to refine your research, design, and development processes to ensure you don’t create or compound your UX problems. In this first article in our series on optimizing your UX program to enable smooth growth, we’ll examine what this means for your research process.

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EdTech Growth Series | Part 2: Planning processes to navigate your product’s next evolution

Your EdTech product has found its footing with a dedicated user base. The intuitive, fast-moving approach that got you here has served you well. But now you’re at a critical juncture — perhaps you’re expanding functionality, targeting new user segments, or completely reimagining core features. Whatever the catalyst, one thing is clear: a focus on engineering that often propels products’ initial successes might now need a shift towards researching users’ needs and experiences.

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EdTech Growth Series | Part 3: Design collaboration that accelerates development

In growing organizations, the relationship between design and engineering teams can make or break product development. Many companies start with strong engineering teams and bring in design expertise later. As EdTech products scale, lurking usability problems become emergencies that tax customer support teams and divert engineering teams away from the roadmap.

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9 Essential EdTech Trends Changing Product Innovation in 2025

As we enter 2025, we’re sensing an inflection point for the EdTech industry. While artificial intelligence continues to dominate the conversation, we’re experiencing a broad evolution toward more rapid experimentation that’s driving strategic innovation.

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Effective UX research lays the foundation for strategic growth

As EdTech companies mature, they inevitably look to grow their user bases. When you find yourself at such an inflection point, it’s more critical than ever to refine your research, design, and development processes to ensure you don’t create or compound your UX problems. In this first article in our series on optimizing your UX program to enable smooth growth, we’ll examine what this means for your research process.

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The Only UX-Fueled EdTech Growth Playbook You Need

Is your EdTech product ready to scale? Discover the essential UX strategies that will support your growth and set you apart in a competitive market. Our comprehensive ebook, “The Only UX-Fueled EdTech Growth Playbook You Need,” offers invaluable insights for small and midsize EdTech companies preparing to expand their user base and product complexity. on’t let UX be a bottleneck in your EdTech product’s growth story.