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achow · 2024-02-24 · Original thread
> ..you would have known that they relied on lecture videos by instructors, mostly Byju himself, and not on animations and glitter.

That is the same - content creation.

Not disagreeing to the fact that he perhaps did much better job than the others in test-prep market of at that time, but content creation startup is not worth $22B by any stretch of imagination. There is no moat. Sal Khan (Khan Academy) started much earlier, has deep & rich content, much more globally respected, but did it have valuation anywhere close to Byju's?

Read this book to get "familiar with Byjus".. very well written

The Learning Trap: How Byju’S Took Indian Edtech For A Ride https://www.amazon.in/Learning-Trap-ByjuS-Indian-Edtech/dp/9...

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