Business View Magazine | August 2022

96 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 8 AT A GLANCE LEARNSHIP WHAT: World’s largest digital business language and cultural skills provider WHERE: Global presence with U.S. offices in Chicago and San Francisco WEBSITE: www.learnship.com L earnship was created in 2008 in Cologne, Germany, with a simple vision: Access to good quality education is one of the world’s main challenges in fostering prosperity – and the education technology sector is instrumental in tackling these challenges. When the company was launched, edtech was mostly another word for e-learning – and e-learning, applied to language skills, suffered from a poor track record. People could not imagine that virtual classroom learning could ever be as productive as traditional classroom training. In pioneering online face-to-face business language training, Learnship developed a cutting-edge product that was as engaging as traditional classroom-based training, while offering the flexibility and convenience of online learning. Combining a unique pedagogical approach, business-focused content, and Learnship Precision Learning, Virtually