Last year COVID-19 came along as an unexpected visitor to the world. Higher education institutions had to close down their campuses and cancel classes due to the coronavirus outbreak. This pandemic made the system rethink its operations to sustain the safety and health of its students. In response, institutions had to switch classes to online …
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The Boom in the EdTech Sector
The education technology sector (EdTech) has noticeably taken off during the past year. This has helped a lot of entrepreneurs and startups to accelerate their development processes and commercial exposure to new markets, especially for B2B business models and SaaS (Software as a Service). According to Holon IQ, in the first 12 weeks of 2021, …
LMS: free vs commercial
One of the main challenges that many colleges, universities and companies face when choosing a Learning Management System is deciding between a free or commercial platform. There is a misguided conception when it comes to free platforms, many people assume that FREE means zero cost, but that is not always the case. This means that …
Biden’s Policies toward higher education
The 27th of April, Biden announced the 1.8 trillion budget named the “American Families Plan”, it includes a substantial amount of resources toward higher education, a total of 290 billion dollars to be exact, which includes the following: $109 billion will be destined towards two years of tuition for students attending community college (including Dreamers), …
COVID-19: Linc for Online Learning
Our community has always been our top priority. We understand the concern and uncertainty you may be experiencing due to the coronavirus pandemic. At Linc, we are committed to effectively serve all the needs of our users as the situation evolves. We encourage you to use the Linc Web Platform to take your online sessions, …
Sources of financing for entrepreneurs
The road for entrepreneurs is uphill, but it’s possible! A venture can be easy, the complicated thing is to keep it alive and find the resources to finance it. According to the “INEGI”, the life expectancy for new enterprises in Mexico is discouraging, 75% of Mexican enterprises close within two years of being born. Annually, …
The future generations
As you hear a lot of times “The new generations are the future of our country” that is why, at Linc, we are dedicating a whole blog to pay tribute to students that in some way have thriven and achieved something worth mentioning. We’ll call these students “Linc’s Outliers”. The first student we’ll pay tribute …
From B2C to B2B
Did you know that Linc started as a business to client (B2C) business model? What does this mean? It means we were hoping to be like the “Uber” of tutoring. It seemed like a great idea at the time, we had a service idea with high demand and no one was addressing it. Except for …
The key points for entrepreneurs
Mexicans, in general, are people that like to move forward and fast (business wise). Which in the world of entrepreneurship and startups is a quality, as long as we consider some factors that are essential to avoid future headaches. The first factor to consider is: how will I monetize my idea? or how will my …