In addition to the content and community features, MySyllabi acts as a webmail client where emails can be sent and received. MySyllabi's core competency is selling this email platform to schools and districts. The main value proposition is an email system customized for the education market. The competitive landscape in the education market is extremely fragmented and ripe for consolidation. While there are many vendors on the educational trade show floor, there are few that combine all the services provided by MySyllabi and EDU-AID: email, community portal, database of relevant resources, subscription learning material marketplace, & teacher-corporation sponsor brokerage. Here we break down the competitive landscape according to the largest players in these categories mentioned above. Also, we list a few large industry participants who have the potential to enter our space yet currently follow different business models. Obviously, each of these represent an attractive candidate for our exit strategy. We focus most of energy on competitors in the email space because schools already have a budget for email and that space is where we can most greatly outmatch the offering of our competition.
Largest Educational Players

* Google
* United Streaming (Discovery Education)
* Apple
* McGraw Hill

* Pearson Education
* Scholastic
* Houghton Mifflin

* Renaissance Learning
* SMART Technologies
* Promethean

School Email Community Portal Database of Relevant Resources

* School Email
* Gmail (Google)
* Outlook Web Access (Microsoft)
* Gaggle.net
* ePals
* Zimbra (Yahoo)
* eChalk
* School Loop

* Blackboard
* FirstClass
* Thinkquest (Oracle)
* Moodle
* Riverdeep
* Softchalk
* Schoolnet.com
* Curriki.org

* Thinkfinity (Verizon)
* How Stuff Works
* Wikipedia
* BBC
* Nettrekker
* Library of Congress
* Learn360
* Schooltube.com
* TeacherTube
* Teacher Created Materials

Subscription Learning Material Marketplace Teacher Sponsor Brokerage Curriculum Mapping

* United Streaming (Discovery Education)
* Safari Montage
* http://www.iqcore.co.uk/
* Lulu
* School Specialty

* Adopt-A-Classroom
* Funds for Learning

* Compass Learning
* Rubicon Atlas
* TeacherEase