{"id":5131,"date":"2023-07-25T18:16:24","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T12:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yo-coach.com\/blog\/?p=5131"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:42:55","slug":"a-path-breaking-pioneer-byju-raveendran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketing.yocoach-demo.4livedemo.com\/blog\/a-path-breaking-pioneer-byju-raveendran\/","title":{"rendered":"A Path Breaking Pioneer &#8211; Byju Raveendran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Byju\u2019s is India\u2019s most recognised Indian brand that has made its presence felt not only in the country but all over the world. The founder, Byju Raveendran is a trailblazer in the world of entrepreneurship who had humble beginnings and later took on and made his company &#8211; India\u2019s only edtech unicorn. Here is his story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Teacher to Billionaire: The Inspiring Success Story of Byju Raveendran and BYJU&#039;s\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oeWZqU7Jjxg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Byju\u2019s Journey from Humble Beginnings To Soaring Success<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Teacher-turned-entrepreneur Byju Raveendran started his journey in the coastal village of Azhikode in Kerala.&nbsp;<\/li><li>He went to a Malayalam medium government school where both of his parents were teachers.<\/li><li>Then he went on to study mechanical engineering and later started working as an engineer with a Singapore-based shipping company.&nbsp;<\/li><li>During his trips back home, he started helping his friends prepare for the CAT (Common Admission Test).<\/li><li>Byju himself took the entrance test twice and scored 100 percentile on both occasions and got interview calls from the prestigious IIMs.&nbsp;<\/li><li>In 2005, Byju quit his job and started teaching MBA aspirants.&nbsp;<\/li><li>His popularity as a teacher soared and in 2011, he launched his company Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd. (Parent company of Byju\u2019s).<\/li><li>In 2015, the startup launched its elearning app that offered personalized learning programmes for students.<\/li><li>Soon Byju\u2019s snowballed into a multibillion-dollar behemoth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source<\/em>:<em>yourstory.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byju\u2019s is India\u2019s most recognised Indian brand that has made its presence felt not only in the country but all over the world. The founder, Byju Raveendran is a trailblazer in the world of entrepreneurship who had humble beginnings and later took on and made his company &#8211; India\u2019s only edtech unicorn. 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