This listener got a Mixergy guest to invest in her startup

Vlada Lotkina, ClassTag, Educational Company

Vlada Lotkina noticed something wrong at her daughter’s school.

So she built the solution and sold it for 8-figures.

It’s called ClassTag, and it’s a platform where teachers, parents and school administrators can communicate and send out announcements. No flyers, no ridiculously long emails…

My favorite part is that she’s a Mixergy listener herself. She literally called a previous guest of mine and got him to invest before her business took off.

Vlada Lotkina

ClassTag

Vlada Lotkina is the co-founder and CEO of ClassTag, an edtech platform that simplifies communication between teachers and parents. She grew up in Ukraine and watched as her father pursued entrepreneurship during the fall of the soviet union. As a mother in the U.S., her own frustrations with poor school-parent communication inspired her. She eventually exited ClassTag for 8-figures.

Andrew Warner: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses.

Dude, living post COVID has been amazing for me. Have you had an experience like that? I know I should be introducing you, but have you had anything that’s happened as a positive because your life got shaken like that?

Vlada Lotkina: Absolutely. I actually moved from New York to Miami. So that was one of the post COVID decisions or during COVID.

Andrew Warner: Yeah. Get, you know what? I don’t want to war or anything, but man, shake up my life somehow every decade, and I think I’ll end up happier. All right. Vlada, whose voice you just heard is an entrepreneur who would listen to Mixergy interviews every day. Ended up calling one of my past interviewees and got that person as an investor in her company.

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