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The Road to Secure the First 1,000 Clients
What do Google, Instructure and Datatel have in common? They all started with a powerful idea but with next to no clients. This pathway to success is even the title of a podcast series hosted by Mitch Russo and is often the topic of business articles (here’s an example from inc.com). When we know that ... The Road to Secure the First 1,000 Clients Read More
RFP Data – Mid-2023 Update
We know that some of our newsletter subscribers crave our RFP data. Considering it’s been over six months since our last update on the “RFP Data – Market Priorities,” we thought it would be a good time to see if early 2023 brought some new trends in the different product categories. Since the first iteration ... RFP Data – Mid-2023 Update Read More
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
Evolution of the SIS – Comeback of Homegrown Systems
In the past year, we noticed something we had not imagined possible: homegrown student information systems are coming back. The question on everyone’s lips: why is that? Historical Market Share The market share of homegrown systems has decreased over the years. From about 5% in 2014 to 2% in 2022. It has been a slow ... Evolution of the SIS – Comeback of Homegrown Systems Read More
Learning Management Systems in Canada
This post is in its third iteration (2015; 2020, 2023). In 2020, we focused our graphs and analysis on historical implementation data. For this update, we look at the most current market shares in Canada’s LMS market. We also kept the historical market shares and new implementations as references for data fanatics. Canada has a ... Learning Management Systems in Canada Read More
Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model?
Over the past years, I’ve been thinking a lot about subscription models. Nowadays, we see this business structure for several services: video-on-demand, music streaming, even meal kits delivered to your porch. The continuous relationship between clients and providers is put at the forefront and remains central to this business structure. At ListEdTech, we have also ... Are Universities Ready for a Subscription Model? Read More
The New Face of Finalsite
When Finalsite purchased Blackboard K-12’s product suite in mid-September, we finally got the answer to the question from September 2021: what is the fate of Blackboard’s non-LMS products? At the time of the purchase last year, we said that “[b]y merging with Blackboard, [Anthology] gains a robust LMS to complete its product offering.” But we ... The New Face of Finalsite Read More
Is ZeeMee the Next Facebook?
It’s been nearly two decades since many of us started using Facebook. Using a social network (or any website) for that amount of time is pretty astonishing. Known collectively as Meta, the world’s most used social network conglomerate now includes Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Workplace. The arc of Facebook’s dominance started off as a ... Is ZeeMee the Next Facebook? Read More
Business Intelligence Software for Higher Education
In order to improve both academic performance and business function, higher education providers have begun turning to business intelligence systems
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SIS Product Niches Emerge from New Enrollment Grouping
Last Thursday, we talked about Populi in one of our company profiles. As mentioned in this post, Populi is mostly implemented in smaller religious-oriented institutions. With this update on a post, we wanted to drill down further into the student information system product category. Instead of presenting the enrollment bands with the regular grouping (1-2,499; ... SIS Product Niches Emerge from New Enrollment Grouping Read More
Populi: Designed for Smaller Institutions
Populi is fundamentally different in its business approach. Instead of proposing one solution in one product category and building their company from there, the company chose to target one specific client type: smaller colleges. And from there, they offered them an all-in-one software suite. At first, we had doubts about this company. How can they ... Populi: Designed for Smaller Institutions Read More