APPTEGY Snapshot The Situation In April 2015, Jeston George founded Apptegy, an education-technology company in Little Rock, Arkansas, and he secured in-state venture capital funding to launch his product. The Problem/Challenge As an uncle, George wanted to know when his nephew’s school programs were with enough time to plan to attend. He discovered local schools lacked a centralized tool for sharing information with students’ families. The Results In less than three years, Apptegy has grown from an education-technology startup company in the spare bedroom of George’s house with no investors and only seven school districts as custom- ers, to the fastest growing ed-tech company in the United States. The Solution Apptegy’s software product, Thrillshare, allows educators to enter news, st

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