💡 What If You Died Tomorrow? Why Schools Should Teach Death, Money, and Digital Life
A conversation with the founders of LegacyApp about building trust, organizing chaos, and educating without teaching.
We don’t like to talk about death.
We don’t like to talk about money.
And we definitely don’t like to talk about our inbox full of forgotten passwords, unpaid subscriptions, and digital clutter.
But maybe we should.
In this episode of EdTech Dots, I step outside the EdTech bubble to talk with Paweł Soproniuk and Martin Bittner, the co-founders of LegacyApp — a startup tackling one of the most sensitive and overlooked problems in modern life: how to prepare your loved ones for the day you’re not around.
🧠 The Startup Born from a Moment of Panic
LegacyApp didn’t come from a pitch deck. It came from a real-life panic before a family trip:
“If something happens to us, how will our kids — or anyone — know what to do with all this stuff?”
That one thought sparked a project that now sits at the crossroads of DeathTech, WealthTech, InsurTech, and yes — Education.
🏫 What This Has to Do with Education
As we spoke, one thing became clear: LegacyApp is an educational product — but it doesn’t teach the way schools do.
It nudges.
It guides.
It inspires people to take action.
It’s education that lives inside design, not curriculum. The app teaches users how to prepare for the unthinkable, manage digital documents, understand personal finance, and talk with their families about what matters.
Paweł and Martin don’t call themselves educators. But what they’re doing is education — just without the chalkboard.
💬 What We Talked About
In this wide-ranging conversation, we covered:
Why schools still don’t teach personal finance, digital legacy, or estate planning
How to pitch a “taboo” product to investors and users
The emotional toll of startup life — and how to bring your family into the mission
How onboarding flows can replace formal lessons
And why information is the most valuable asset we leave behind
There’s even a great moment where Paweł’s teenage daughter casually names the product — and gets it exactly right. LegacyApp wasn’t just a company. It was already a legacy.
🚀 My Favorite Takeaways
"Legacy is the new literacy." We’re moving into a world where managing digital identity is as important as reading or writing.
Education doesn’t require a classroom. If you can onboard someone through a hard emotional decision, you’re already doing deep instructional design.
Family is part of the startup. Founders don’t talk enough about how building a business reshapes home life. This conversation does.
🎧 Listen to the full episode:
👉 “What If You Died Tomorrow? Why Schools Should Teach Death, Money, and Digital Life”
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Thanks for reading. This episode was a reminder that innovation isn’t always about the next big AI breakthrough — sometimes it’s about solving a problem no one wants to admit exists.
Let me know what you think,
— Krzysztof