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Why was "video lecture platform for professors" a "horrible idea?"

Segment started as a tool for professors, too [1].

https://segment.com/academy/intro/measuring-product-market-f...



Our idea was poorly timed and we lost passion for it. We were focused on making lectures better for the remote school environment. Unfortunately colleges have a hard time justifying a tuition's worth of value for online videos, so it was a tough sell, especially with the end of the pandemic around the corner.




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