Jason Becker is the CEO of two companies, he was previously on to discuss RICS, and in this episode, he is back to talk about DyKnow and what it is like to work with a leadership team and be CEO of the two businesses. DyKnow helps teachers defeat distractions in the classroom by giving teachers a real-time view of what’s happening on student’s devices while they are teaching. 

DyKnow was founded in the early 2000’s around intellectual property that was created at DePauw University. The original product was designed as a way for professors to connect their Smart Board to computers within a computer lab at the university. Through shifts in the market and the needs of their clients, DyKnow has evolved over time and Jason shares the process of starting over to create DyKnow as it exists today. 

Topics in this episode * How the market changed since DyKnow began

• Evaluating how the product is valued

• Handling privacy within the software and devices

• Deciding the evolution of the product

• What it takes to start over from scratch 

• Financing the pivot within the company

• Ending support for the legacy product 

• Radical internal transparency and why it is important