This podcast episode explores Scholarship Owl, a platform that connects consumer brands with Gen Z students looking for scholarships. Founded by David Abakhshnikov, Scholarship Owl uses AI algorithms to efficiently match students with scholarships and provides tools and resources to help students optimize their scholarship applications. The platform has helped students generate over a million dollars in scholarship revenue and has over 150,000 students signing up each month. Scholarship Owl is also a subscription-based platform, offering premium features for $15 per month. Additionally, the episode discusses the use of venture debt provider FounderPath to scale the operations of subscription-based businesses like Scholarship Owl.
