Gina Bianchini – CEO & Founder of Mighty Networks
What is Mighty Networks? Mighty Networks is a Saas (software as a service), an online platform & app that allows business owners to create online communities. It allows them to create memberships that grant access to uploaded courses, videos, events, and more. This has a different focus than an LMS as it is community-focused first, […]
John Baker – Founder and CEO of Desire2Learn (D2L)
John founded D2L in 1999, at the age of twenty-two, while attending the University of Waterloo. D2L is a global software company that believes learning is the foundation upon which all progress and achievement rests. D2L’s core product is Brightspace, one of the leading Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Canada. John’s first client, Virtual High […]
Lisa Wang – Founder & CEO of Almost Fun
Founder: Lisa Wang, CEO & Founder Venture name: Almost Fun Link to official website: https://www.almostfun.org/ Description of the venture: Almost Fun is an education tech non-profit dedicated to providing culturally relevant and accessible educational resources to low-income students and students of color. The venture initially started with SAT prep because the founder believed that SAT […]