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Mission 100% Aims to Fill the Education Gap

Posted by | Jun 18, 2014

Have you ever tried reading and comprehending a long manual for a new electronic device? It’s not as easy as it seems, and neither is identifying and targeting specific problems in a classroom. Mission 100% is looking to guide teachers and school systems on a path to higher excellence through an online video database. The team currently consists of the founder, Janice Smith, a web developer, and consultants and video analyst interns hired on a need basis. To say Janice Smith has a long history in the education field is an understatement. Some of Smith’s previous experience includes being...

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Four Startup Lessons in Four Months

Posted by | Sep 17, 2013

Elliott Hauser is the founder of Coursefork, a group of university and online educators building open teaching tools. Coursefork were winners of Triangle Startup Weekend – EDU in March 2013 and were accepted into The Startup Factory in August 2013 At the most recent Triangle Startup Weekend, we were graciously invited to give an update on how we’d fared since winning the event in March. I, of course, gave a mini version of our pitch (because as a CEO you’re ALWAYS pitching), but at the end I shared four lessons we’ve learned. It’s been about four months since we...

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