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Starbucks made headlines in 2014 when it announced its College Achievement Plan, which allowed any employee who worked at least 20 hours a week to earn a bachelor’s college degree…

While a college student in the early 2000s, Catherine Tabor started a concierge errands business to earn a bit of cash. As the business was growing along with its internet…

Jonathan Ray has always gravitated toward the outdoors. Drawing from his fascination with all things horticulture, he originally pursued a career as a botanist, but also maintained technology-focused side projects using…

A common theme Alicia Scott reiterates when talking about entrepreneurship is connections. The new executive director of women-focused business accelerator Launchpad2X believes that connections, from advisors to other founders, can…

At first, Rebecca Uranga didn’t think technology was for her. After earning a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications at the University of West Georgia, she was exposed to all the…

By all measures, Shay Houser is a highly-successful entrepreneur. Over two decades, he has co-founded and led four technology companies, raised $275 million in funding, led an IPO, and closed…

In 2008, computer scientist Mark Sears traveled with his wife to Nepal, where he quickly connected with the local community. “The key thing that I took away from my first…

The rash of recent tech IPOs — Lyft going first last month, then PagerDuty, Zoom, Pinterest, and more to come— has startup enthusiasts and investors eagerly watching the markets. But…