For education startups and learning ventures
Schools, districts, and funders want to see evidence that it works, a pilot they can trust, clear answers on privacy and accessibility, and a plan for teachers to use it. StrideForward helps small education teams build those pieces and the partnerships behind them, and sets up AI workflows so a lean team can keep up.
For founders of small education companies, education nonprofits, and program teams bringing something new to schools, families, or funders.
What education buyers ask for
Small education teams often have a strong product and a short runway. These are the pieces that tend to slow a yes, and what we build with you for each one.
EVIDENCEA research brief that connects your product to learning science, and a logic model that meets the “demonstrates a rationale” level, the entry level of the four evidence tiers under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).
The work can includeA research brief, a logic model, the outcomes worth measuring, and a plan for stronger evidence later.
PILOTSWho takes part, for how long, what to measure, and how results come back to the school, planned before the first class starts so the pilot ends with a story you can share.
The work can includePilot design, site selection, data collection plans, and a results summary for buyers and funders.
Free: the Pilot Plan one-pager
THE BUYER MAPTeachers and students use it, principals and curriculum leaders recommend it, districts or families pay for it, and funders may cover the first year. Each group needs a different message and a different first step.
The work can includeBuyer, user, and funder mapping, positioning for each, and a pricing and packaging check.
BUYER-READY MATERIALSDistrict reviewers tend to ask the same questions. We gather the evidence summary, pilot results, pricing, implementation plan, and your privacy and accessibility documents into one packet a reviewer can follow.
The work can includeA buyer packet, a proposal template, a scoping-call-to-proposal path, and an implementation one-pager.
TEACHER ADOPTIONRenewals depend on classroom use. We design the onboarding, short professional learning, and coaching follow-through that help teachers fit your product into a real week.
The work can includeOnboarding sessions, teacher guides, a coaching cycle, and a simple way to see use and results.
PARTNERSHIPS AND SALESEducation nonprofits, networks, and funders can open doors a small team cannot open alone. We map the ones that fit, shape the offer, and help run the outreach, as a project or a fractional partner.
The work can includePartner and prospect research, partnership offers, outreach and proposals, and a weekly pipeline review.
A lean team can keep all of this moving with help: human-centered AI workflows for outreach, follow-up, reporting, and a shared team hub.
Why work with Gina
Gina has spent more than twenty years in education, from the special education classroom and instructional coaching to teacher preparation and curriculum leadership. She knows how teachers decide what to use, and how schools and districts decide what to buy.
Work like yours
Situation, what we built, what changed. Organizations are described rather than named unless they have said yes to being named.
An early-learning media startup
HIKI Education · Hawaiʻi
A college of education at a large public university
In their words
“Gina has a gift for taking complex, heart-centered work and translating it into a clear market presence. She simplified our core offerings and built the tangible tools we needed to actually grow. The engagement felt structured yet fluid, and honored the Hawaiian values our organization is grounded in, like aloha and pilina.”
“Gina did not just consult, she built alongside us. She provided the business development framework and high-leverage assets we needed to go to market with confidence, and she translated our cultural mission into a clear, actionable strategic plan.”
“Gina is an excellent thought partner and collaborator. She asks intelligent, insightful questions, assimilates large amounts of information quickly, and is extremely responsive, able to adjust her plans in response to realities on the ground. My colleagues and I have been consistently impressed with the quality, depth, and thoughtfulness of her work.”
“Dr. Wilt is one of the most impressive educational leaders and innovators I have ever met. She is a tremendous collaborator with a rare blend of deep pedagogical expertise and technical savvy. Gina takes incredible pride in the quality of her work, and partnering with her is both exhilarating and fun.”
Common questions
Short answers about evidence, sales, adoption, and timing. If yours is not here, ask on the call.
We can build the foundation: a research brief that connects your product to learning science and a logic model at the “demonstrates a rationale” level, plus a pilot plan that collects useful data. Higher evidence levels need formal studies, usually with an outside research partner, and we can help you plan for that step.
Yes. Gina directed and scaled a professional learning business that built partnerships and sales with school systems and national education organizations. We help with the buyer map, the offer, outreach and proposals, and, as a fractional partner, the pipeline week to week.
We design onboarding and short professional learning around how teachers plan a real week, then add coaching follow-through and a simple way to see classroom use. Professional learning and coaching are at the center of Gina’s background.
Often it is a good time, because the evidence, the pilot, and the buyer map shape everything after. We keep the first scope small, such as a research brief or a pilot plan, and the scope note sets the fee before you commit.
Your next move
Thirty minutes with Gina, no preparation, and one clear next step whether or not we work together.
Or email hello@strideforward.world. Gina replies within two business days.
