EconPulse
Daily economics digest that gets A-Level students exam-ready in 10 minutes
The Story
EconPulse started with a simple observation: A-Level economics students are expected to reference real-world news in their exams, but most teenagers don't read the Financial Times. Teachers know this — but curating daily briefings across six different exam boards isn't realistic alongside everything else they do.
The idea was straightforward: a daily digest that takes real news, analyses it, and maps it directly to what students actually need to know for their exams. Every morning, a student could read a brief in ten minutes and be the most informed person in their economics class.
The question wasn't whether this was a good idea — teachers we spoke to immediately said yes. The question was whether it could be built quickly enough and cheaply enough to test without a massive upfront investment.
The entire platform — accounts, payments, daily content delivery, curriculum mapping across all six UK exam boards — was built and live within 48 hours. That's not a prototype or a demo. That's a working product with real users.
What would have traditionally required a team of developers working for months was done in a weekend, at a fraction of the cost. That's the kind of economics that lets you test ideas that would otherwise never get off the whiteboard.
Results
By the Numbers
48 hours
From idea to live product
6
UK exam boards supported
141
Curriculum topics covered
~£15,000
Estimated saving vs traditional build
20+
News sources monitored daily
10 min
Daily reading time for students
The Outcome
A live subscription platform serving daily digests to students and teachers. Content is automatically curated each morning, mapped to all six UK exam board specifications. Running costs are negligible — the kind of product that would normally need a team and months of development, delivered in a weekend.
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