Women in Tech: Katie Brown of EnGen

Kicking off our Women in Tech Series, Kenning Partner Cathy Boeckmann welcomes Katie Brown, Founder and Chief Education Officer of EnGen.  Katie charts her course from academia, to EdTech startup, and now to a public benefit corporation.  Katie describes the dire need for high-quality English Language Learning for immigrants to the U.S. She explains how EnGen’s pedagogy, founded on real English language examples, can aid learners in achieving a level of English proficiency that enables employment and offers the potential for economic mobility. Katie goes on to note how EnGen’s technology allows for a true “flipped classroom,” in which out-of-class individualized language activities can support in-class learning.

Katie and Cathy discuss Katie’s own journey:  How she learned to adapt her academic communication capabilities to business needs.  And they dig into both what it takes to be a “B Corporation” as well as  the fundraising landscape for women founders. Finally, Katie paints a picture of where she would like EnGen to be within 5 years' time.