Pros
ConnectEDU is poised for growth. It has the feeling of a startup (we have many young and ambitious employees), yet at the same time it has mature products with decent market presence. Many software companies go through growing pains before they thrive. The skills required for a young company to test the market and obtain market presence are quite different from the skills required to focus on strengths and scale the business. ConnectEDU finds itself in the middle of this transition. Innovation is occurring on both the technology and go-to-market sides of the business. Pay attention to ConnectEDU if you want to learn how a good company becomes great. An added bonus is that the educational technology industry is a very exciting place to be.
Cons
Employees are experiencing first hand how a good company becomes great but might not see the forest for the trees. There are still individuals hanging on to the way things used to be, they don't see that the real growth and excitement is yet to come. The business model is currently in transition so organization roles and responsibilities are not as clear as they could be.