Edify Education, Brazil
What I did
- Led go-to-market strategy for Edify Play, a gamified English app for Brazilian students aged 8–14.
- Sized the market from Brazilian census data and screened 506 EdTech companies in PitchBook.
- Built a three-phase plan: fix retention, extend to new schools, then sell direct to parents.
- Five-person Rice team, on-site in Rio de Janeiro. Faculty advisor: Prof. Haiyang Li.
The plan
- Weeks 1–12
Fix the foundation
Onboarding, technical fixes, teacher toolkit.
- Semesters 1–2
Extend to other schools
Edify Play as the entry offer, then upsell.
- Year 1+
Sell direct to consumers
Parent dashboard and the Arco network of 6,000 schools.