What Ed-tech Leadership Collective does

Ed-tech Leadership Collective is a privately held, for-profit membership organization founded in 2022 by Collin Earnst that delivers peer-based leadership development exclusively to senior leaders of K-12 ed-tech companies in the United States and Canada. The company serves executive leaders (C-level/SVP), functional leaders (VP/Director/Senior Manager across Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success), and emerging leaders (first-time managers), with a stated vertical focus that explicitly excludes B2C parents and ed-tech vendors serving other ed-tech companies. Named members and partner organizations include Lexia/Cambium, Amplify, Edmentum, Renaissance Learning, Reading Horizons, NoRedInk, BookNook, Classkick, TeenSHARP, Playbl, and others, with the organization claiming impact on 40+ ed-tech organizations.

The company's core products are human-facilitated services rather than software: monthly Leadership Forums (role-aligned peer groups), asynchronous Discussion Threads, cross-functional Collective Conversations, ongoing Executive Coaching, and year-long Leadership Accelerator cohorts (Executive, Marketing, Product, Customer Success). The underlying technology is a non-proprietary online membership platform supporting community access, discussion threads, member directory, and resource libraries, with planned 2026 launches of asynchronous Insight Videos and Mini-courses (with completion certificates for Emerging Leaders). The platform is delivered via standard video-conferencing tools and a website built on HubSpot CMS, with no proprietary AI, API, or SDK surface disclosed.

The business model is subscription- and program-fee-based. Individual memberships run $675/year (Core Services) or $1,195/year (Comprehensive Services including quarterly coaching), with a Founding Member price-lock guarantee. Accelerator programs range from $3,950/year (Customer Success) to $6,250/year (Executive Leadership). A flat-rate Corporate Membership tier enables multi-seat enrollment. Distribution is primarily self-serve through the website with Stripe processing, supplemented by direct outreach for enterprise accounts, with demand generation driven by content marketing, email newsletters, webinars, annual survey research reports, and industry event participation. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding and operates with a 1-10 person team from Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Name

Ed-tech Leadership Collective

Legal name

The Ed-tech Leadership Collective, LLC

Website

https://edtechcollective.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ed-tech Leadership Collective is a private, bootstrapped membership organization founded in 2022 that delivers peer-based leadership development, executive coaching, and cohort accelerator programs exclusively to senior leaders at K-12 ed-tech companies across the U.S. and Canada.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Leadership Development Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Leadership & C-Suite Development (EDABAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Team & Group Executive Coaching (Leadership Teams) (EDABANAF), Manager & Team Leader Onboarding (EDABAOAC)

Keywords

• Leadership development programs
• Executive coaching services
• Peer learning community
• Professional membership organization
• Ed-tech leadership training

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Membership Subscriptions: Annual and quarterly subscription fees for access to peer forums, discussion threads, member directory, and upcoming Insight Videos and Mini-courses (launching 2026). Founding members lock in pricing that never increases.
2. Executive Coaching Sessions: Optional add-on coaching sessions available to members, with quarterly sessions included in Comprehensive Services tier. Pay-per-session option for non-subscribers.
3. Leadership Accelerator Programs: Year-long intensive coaching programs with additional application and fees. Programs include Executive Leadership Accelerator ($6,250), Customer Success Accelerator ($3,950), Marketing Accelerator, and Product Accelerator.
4. Corporate Memberships: Flat-rate corporate membership options allowing multiple employees from the same organization to participate at discounted group rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Ed-tech Leadership Collective is a membership-based professional development organization serving K-12 ed-tech leaders. It delivers structured peer learning through facilitated Leadership Forums, asynchronous Discussion Threads, cross-functional Collective Conversations, and Executive Coaching, complemented by year-long Leadership Accelerator programs for Executive, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success functions. Membership tiers include individual Founding Memberships, Emerging Leaders, Functional Leaders, and flat-rate Corporate Memberships for multiple-employee enrollment.

Product overview

The Ed-tech Leadership Collective is a membership-based professional development organization, not a traditional SaaS software product. Its core offerings are structured around peer-based learning programs: Leadership Forums (monthly peer group discussions), Discussion Threads (asynchronous engagement), and Collective Conversations (cross-functional virtual meetups). These are supported by Executive Coaching services and premium Leadership Accelerator programs (Executive, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success). The organization also develops proprietary content including Insight Videos and Mini-courses (launching 2026). Membership tiers include Individual memberships (Core Services, Comprehensive Services), Emerging Leaders, Functional Leaders, and Corporate membership options. The portfolio functions as a platform of interconnected professional development services rather than a modular software architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Forums Role-aligned, facilitated peer groups that meet monthly for candid peer discussions. Members discuss challenges, share best practices, and learn from peers navigating similar leadership dynamics, with groups curated by leadership level (Emerging Leaders, Functional Leaders) and departmental focus.
• Discussion Threads Flexible, asynchronous space for members to ask questions, share insights, and learn how peers across companies handle similar challenges. Designed to be lightweight and accessible anytime.
• Collective Conversations One-hour virtual meetups bringing together leaders from across functions to explore topics where cross-departmental collaboration is critically important, with 15-20 other leaders per session.
• Executive Coaching Ongoing guidance and support focused on professional and personal development. Includes Leadership Growth Plan development, video-conference coaching sessions twice per month for 60 minutes, and quarterly manager alignment meetings.
• Executive Leadership Accelerator Cross-functional peer group program for VP and C-level executives. Includes cohort of 5 executives meeting 8 times per year via video-conference, with executive coaching sessions occurring 8 times per year.
• Marketing Leadership Accelerator Cohort-based program for directors and senior managers in Marketing. Brings together functional leaders in demand generation, product marketing, events, marketing operations, and field marketing.
• Product Leadership Accelerator Program for directors and senior managers in Product function, including curriculum, engineering, and product management. Features cross-functional cohort of 5 leaders.
• Customer Success Leadership Accelerator Intensive coaching program for leaders in customer success, implementation, professional development and customer support. Includes peer group of 5 leaders meeting 8 times per year plus 4 executive coaching sessions annually.
• Insight Videos Searchable repository of peer insights grouped by functional area and topics, providing asynchronous access to peer knowledge. Launching 2026.
• Mini-courses Self-paced learning tracks consisting of Insight Videos and personal reflections, designed primarily for Emerging Leaders. Focus on boosting confidence in function-specific skills across sales, marketing, customer success, and product, as well as managerial topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• In 2025, founder Collin Earnst named Edtech Digest Award winner as 'Leader Setting a Trend' for impacting 40+ ed-tech organizations

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Lexia/VSL, a Cambium CompanycoreOthersLexia/VSL, a Cambium Company, is represented on the Ed-tech Leadership Collective Advisory Board by Alyson Deutsch, Senior Vice President of Product. Additionally, Roya Salehi, VP of Customer Success at Lexia Learning, provided a testimonial praising the Customer Success Leadership Accelerator program for refining leadership capabilities and strategic thinking among her team.
• TeenSHARPminorOthersTeenSHARP is represented on the Ed-tech Leadership Collective Advisory Board by Tamara Fentress, MBA, Chief of Staff.
• ClasskickminorOthersClasskick is represented on the Ed-tech Leadership Collective Advisory Board by Faustino Nuñez, Head of Customer Success.
• PlayblminorOthersPlaybl is represented on the Ed-tech Leadership Collective Advisory Board by Kirby Salerno, CEO.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education): ISTE is a long-established professional association serving educators and ed-tech leaders through memberships, standards, and conferences. It overlaps with the Collective in serving ed-tech leadership but focuses on practitioner educators rather than ed-tech company executives.
• Center for Creative Leadership: CCL is a global leadership development institution offering executive education, coaching, and research. It is comparable as a broader incumbent providing leadership training and executive coaching programs, though without the Collective's K-12 ed-tech vertical focus.
• FranklinCovey: FranklinCovey is a global leadership and management training provider with subscription content, coaching, and accelerator programs. It is comparable as a scaled competitor offering leadership development, executive coaching, and ongoing content subscriptions across industries.

Direct peers

• Vistage: Vistage operates the largest CEO and executive peer-group membership organization globally. It is comparable to the Collective because it sells peer advisory membership and executive coaching to senior leaders, although it is not verticalized to K-12 ed-tech.
• Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC): EdLoC is a leadership community for education leaders of color offering coaching, fellowships, and peer support. It is comparable because it operates as an education-focused leadership membership community with cohorts and programming.
• Chief: Chief is a private membership network for senior executives and C-suite women, offering peer groups, leadership programming, and coaching. Its member-based peer development model aligns with the Collective's, though it is identity-segmented rather than industry-segmented.
• YPO (Young Presidents' Organization): YPO is a global peer community for chief executives offering forums, learning networks, and leadership development. It is comparable because it monetizes curated executive peer learning and leadership resources, though at much broader scale and across industries.
• EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization): EO provides peer-learning forums, accelerator programs, and executive events for founders and CEOs. Its forum-and-coaching structure parallels the Collective's peer-group and accelerator model.
• LearnLaunch: LearnLaunch is a Boston-based ed-tech ecosystem organization providing fellowships, events, and professional networks for the K-12 and post-secondary ed-tech community. It is comparable because it serves the same K-12 ed-tech professional audience with community programming.
• Edtech Women: Edtech Women is a community supporting women leaders across the ed-tech industry through peer connection and professional development. It is comparable as a membership-based community offering leadership programming for ed-tech professionals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edtechcollective

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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