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harnessing technology, BYJU’S has scaled to educate over 150 million students around the world, becoming India’s most valuable startup.
How to Treat Every Day Like Day One with Divya Gokulnath of BYJU’S
Over the course of her career, Divya Gokulnath has gone from teacher to cofounder of the world’s largest edtech company. In 2011, she co-founded BYJU’S with her husband, Byju Raveendran, to create a world where every student can learn better. By harnessing technology, BYJU’S has scaled to educate over 150 million students around the world, and the company has become India’s most valuable startup. Gokulnath shares why her biggest strength comes from starting as a teacher, how BYJU’S assesses every acquisition through three specific parameters, and why being the founder of a hyper-growth company is like being “an elephant with wings.”The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com.
Source: Inc.Africa
