Q. Can I get two franchises, programming and mathematics, for the same school?

A. Algorithmics offers two different franchises: programming school or mathematics school. Our partners are free to choose which one school to start. Or they could invest in both franchises and launch programming and mathematics schools.

Q . Algorithmics has seen amazing growth since its 2016 launch; what does the brand do to appeal to consumers in what is a very competitive market?

A. The EdTech market is growing and developing remarkably quickly. Market volumes are growing every year, and this is only the beginning. Today everyone is somehow thinking about the importance of education, the necessity of continuous learning because the world is changing rapidly. IT professions are becoming increasingly relevant, and it becomes visible that programming is a new English – you are nowhere without this skill in the future. Furthermore, we teach skills that go beyond coding and mathematics– creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, design, algorithmic thinking, and self-presentation. These competencies will become the basis of children's future success because, in today's world, soft skills are going to be more important than hard skills. We can't say which professions will be relevant ten years from now, although we can say that the IT sector will grow, and soft skills will be essential for everyone. We understand this, parents around the world understand this, and our franchisee partners understand this. That is the reason why our market niche is in such demand. And we will continue to scale and grow along with it.

If we talk about our product, there are several factors that we believe make us competitive.

• We produce high-quality educational content for our students. Our team has more than 80 methodologists, and we have created a unique educational concept. It is not a common approach in the market, and parents appreciate this in our school
• We use our learning platform to store educational materials. There, children can code and create games, cartoons, and applications. In addition to the primary purposes, the platform also allows you to control the progress of the group, manage students' success and the work of teachers. We work with the data that the platform provides and immediately see the learning process' advancement and the improvements we need to make our success in the educational franchise market comes from a clear, step-by-step description of all business processes and automation. These allow us to sustain our growth and be agile.
• Each of our franchisee partners has a personal account manager. We guide each partner and lead them through all stages of business development.
• Here we can also mention a quick return of investments for the partner. A transparent business model allows our partners to pay off their initial investments in 18 months

Q. What does Algorithmics do to engage students?

A. We have a strong team of methodologists that takes into account the age characteristics of children when designing each lesson. They purposefully develop lessons so that they have the maximum possible interactive elements involved. We do our best to provide exciting content for all our courses.

We try to work with the motivation of our students because we believe that there is no high-quality education without motivation. We think about what children are interested in and make our content engaging.

Also, our platform allows differentiating the content based on the child's level. If they are ahead of the current program they will receive more complex tasks and projects. If instead, they are somewhat behind, they'll get additional hints, or they can review the subject and tasks. It is another reason why children aren't bored during our classes, nor do they lose their motivation.

And finally, we use a problem-based learning approach. It means that the child has a clear understanding of why they are learning a new concept – to solve a specific problem that we identified at the beginning of the lesson — this way, the child sees the value of their education.

Q. What are the unique benefits of being an Algorithmics franchisee/master franchisee?

A. There are so many.

• Starting a business in a fast-growing field, which means great opportunities for extension and scaling
• An opportunity to work with high-quality methodology and exciting content
• An active community of franchisees where partners share their experiences and continuously learn from each other
• The partner training system. We continuously hold webinars for partners and train them
• A personal account manager who is always ready to help
• Ready-to-use business model

Q. What makes operating an education franchise unique from running a franchise business in a different sector, such as fitness or a restaurant?

A. We are lucky: we have a socially positive business. That means, besides profit, the businessperson also makes a positive social impact. We feel like we're doing something great and noble and can improve the educational system in general.

When execution is concerned, with the educational franchise, it is more challenging to maintain the quality, and thus it is typically harder to grow. Although, Algorithmics has found a workaround for this problem because we distribute not just information but the software (our IT-platform), that besides containing the lesson materials, also allows for quality control based on the data we gather.