VIPKid

Remote education is the next big remote-work market

Asked what he'd build if not Rev, Chicola points to online education — an industry the government dominates with little innovation. He notes Rev failed at a math-tutoring service, but cites China's VIPKid, where US stay-at-home moms and retired teachers teach English to Chinese kids over video, as proof of the opportunity.

“There's a company out of China called VIPKid that, um, that has a lot of people in the U.S., um, often, you know, stay-at-home moms or, or retired teachers who will work online on video teaching English to Chinese children. And that's a pretty big market.”

Steal thisMatch underused at-home teachers to students worldwide who lack access to specialized instruction.