How ClassDojo Built Network Effects to Reach 95% of US K-8 Schools

How ClassDojo Built Network Effects to Reach 95% of US K-8 Schools

June 25, 2026 · 59 min

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Sam Chaudhary discusses the success of ClassDojo in reaching a vast number of K-8 schools in the US.

Sam Chaudhary is the cofounder and CEO of ClassDojo, an education platform used in roughly 95% of US K-8 schools and by tens of millions of children across 180 countries around the world. Born in the UK and raised in Wales and Abu Dhabi, he studied economics at the University of Cambridge, taught at Charterhouse, and advised governments on education reform at McKinsey before leaving to build something himself. In 2011, he cofounded ClassDojo with Liam Don after the two met at a Startup Weeken...

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