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Does First-Mover Advantage Apply to EdTech Markets?

Timing is crucial if a company wants to set its solution as the leader in one product category. “Being the first in the market means that you can set the standards for the industry [and] establish a dominant market share. This head start could make it much harder for future competitors to catch up.” (source) In ... Does First-Mover Advantage Apply to EdTech Markets?  Read More

Exploring Differences in Our Database

As part of our regular operations, we take time to do quality control and to explore our database. When we see uncommon trends, we dig down into them to better understand what can cause these differences. In this post, we would like to dig into our dataset to explore why we have such a big ... Exploring Differences in Our Database  Read More

The Value of Interoperability in Education

This post explores further topics discussed during a presentation given at the PESC Data Summit 2023. Technological ecosystems of education institutions in the United States can be very crowded. For example, our data shows that K-12 school districts have up to thirty-eight active solutions implementations, and higher educational institutions have as many as two-hundred and ... The Value of Interoperability in Education  Read More

The LET Database Now Contains 300,000 Product Lines

Most of the time, we talk about other companies and new products in education. It’s normal: this is our core business, this is what defines us. This blog post is slightly different as we take this opportunity to celebrate a big milestone: the 300,000 product lines listed in our database. When ListEdTech was launched in ... The LET Database Now Contains 300,000 Product Lines  Read More
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Will ChatGPT Change the Review Game?

Review websites have been part of our daily lives ever since we started buying products online. Reviews date from many decades before but were controlled by media and very few sources. Nowadays, thanks to the democratization of the Internet, people can submit what they think of a product or a service. When it comes to ... Will ChatGPT Change the Review Game?  Read More

The Evolution of RFP Decisions

When we talk about procurement in higher education, it usually involves requests for proposals (RFPs), at least if your institution is public. You need to follow several rules, making sure to publish your RFPs on designated websites. We know the drill, and some might find the process cumbersome. From a data standpoint, at ListEdTech, we ... The Evolution of RFP Decisions  Read More
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That’s a Wrap for 2022!

December is the ideal moment to recap what we have accomplished over the past year. At ListEdTech, this last month of the calendar year indicates how much we have grown our database since January. Looking back through the year, we are happy to see a larger coverage in numerous product categories. The following graphs show ... That’s a Wrap for 2022!  Read More
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What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal?

This is a question that I’ve been thinking about for nearly two decades: “What is your institution’s most challenging edtech deal?”  Before I created the Student Affairs and Technology blog for Inside Higher Ed, I was blogging. I was a graduate student when I started using WordPress. My posts were frequently about how technology could be ... What is Your Institution’s Most Challenging EdTech Deal?  Read More
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New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live

At ListEdTech, our goal is to help institutions and companies have access to more data to make better decisions. In mid-August of 2022, we made the Portals product category available for HigherEd. Today, we are happy to announce that the K-12 Portal subgroup is now accessible on our portal. Even though we are still working ... New Category on the Portal: K-12 Portal Now Live  Read More
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The Importance of Identifying Primary and Secondary Systems

We had our first-ever live stream last week as we announced that the institution portal would be free for college/university users. Justin Menard, CEO of ListEdTech, and I talked about the origins of ListEdTech and the rationale for moving the portal to a free service. Here’s the full conversation: ListEdTech LIVE https://t.co/lmqXjwoU5W — ListEdTech (@Listedtech) August 30, ... The Importance of Identifying Primary and Secondary Systems  Read More
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Our Institution Portal Is Now Free

We were incredibly proud to launch our institution portal a little over a year ago. This essential edtech database, packed with micro and macro trends on more than 25 product categories, will become a necessary step in product selection. Today, we make things easier: our institution portal is now free of charge. We made this ... Our Institution Portal Is Now Free  Read More

Justin’s Thoughts on Anthology Together

Earlier this month, I was invited to attend the annual Anthology/Blackboard conference, entitled Anthology Together. This was my first time attending an Anthology or a Blackboard conference. The conference took place at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando (Florida) from July 11th to July 14th, 2022 and had about 2,200 total attendees. I must say that ... Justin’s Thoughts on Anthology Together  Read More

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Redefining the HigherEd Chatbot Market: It’s No Longer About Market Share

The higher education chatbot market has moved well beyond its “early adopter” phase. It has now entered a profound structural transition. As a result, we are no longer talking about installation counts or leaderboard rankings. Instead, the focus has shifted toward high-stakes territory. This includes platform control, AI orchestration, governance, and total lifecycle ownership. The ... Redefining the HigherEd Chatbot Market: It’s No Longer About Market Share  Read More

Beyond the Binary: A Better Way to Visualize Market Saturation

In the world of EdTech, “saturation” is a word that gets thrown around constantly. You’ve heard the refrains in boardrooms and at conferences: “That category is saturated,” “There’s no more room to grow,” or “Everyone already has a solution.” The problem? Most of these conversations happen at the surface level. We treat market saturation like a light switch—it’s ... Beyond the Binary: A Better Way to Visualize Market Saturation  Read More

Education’s Cognitive Effect

Thanks to Morgan at Phil Hill & Associates for surfacing a thoughtful piece by Kirsten Green at Forerunner on the shift from network effects to cognitive effects, and why this change may quietly rewrite the rules of platform dominance. Her argument is simple but profound: the most powerful platforms going forward won’t just connect users; they’ll understand them. And once you ... Education’s Cognitive Effect  Read More