Some episodes don’t just inspire, they show you what execution really looks like. This one’s a real-time playbook in action. Originally LIVE from the University of Toronto at the Canadian EdTech Summit on 30th October, 2025, Josh breaks down exactly how education founders can stop wasting time and money at conferences, and start turning them into revenue-driving machines. After two decades in education and sales leadership, Josh has learned one thing: conferences don’t grow your business, a c...
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Some episodes don’t just inspire, they show you what execution really looks like. This one’s a real-time playbook in action. Originally LIVE from the University of Toronto at the Canadian EdTech Summit on 30th October, 2025, Josh breaks down exactly how education founders can stop wasting time and money at conferences, and start turning them into revenue-driving machines. After two decades in education and sales leadership, Josh has learned one thing: conferences don’t grow your business, a c...
From Lost Leads to Locked Contracts: Paul King on Niche Focus, Pilots That Convert, and Closing Education Deals
Breaking the Grade
32 minutes
3 months ago
From Lost Leads to Locked Contracts: Paul King on Niche Focus, Pilots That Convert, and Closing Education Deals
What happens when you stop trying to serve every school and start solving one urgent problem for the right schools? It’s the positioning shift most founders resist—but it’s the exact move that transforms “just another vendor” into a mission-critical partner. That’s why this episode of Breaking the Grade is essential listening: Josh sits down with Paul King—Founder & Director of Neighborhood Educational Partners (NEP) and Founder of King Education, who pivoted from one-on-one tutoring to l...
Breaking the Grade
Some episodes don’t just inspire, they show you what execution really looks like. This one’s a real-time playbook in action. Originally LIVE from the University of Toronto at the Canadian EdTech Summit on 30th October, 2025, Josh breaks down exactly how education founders can stop wasting time and money at conferences, and start turning them into revenue-driving machines. After two decades in education and sales leadership, Josh has learned one thing: conferences don’t grow your business, a c...
