# Lauren Dachille

> Lauren Dachille is the founder and CEO of Nimble, a Y Combinator-backed edtech company building data-driven applicant tracking software that helps K-12 school districts identify, hire, and retain effective teachers. A former DC Public Schools recruiter and StudentsFirst policy hand, she built the system she wished she'd had when sorting through thousands of teacher applications by hand.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Nimble
- **Organizations:** Nimble (Hire Nimble), StudentsFirst (former), DC Public Schools (former), Y Combinator (S17), Stanford GSB Startup Garage
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Human Development and Education, Cornell University, MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded Nimble while still an MBA student at Stanford GSB., Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch., Won an SBIR award from the U.S. Department of Education for cutting-edge innovation in K-12 education.

## Career timeline

- **2010** — Joined the Office of Human Capital at DC Public Schools, where she implemented a data-driven candidate screening process later validated by external researchers.
- **2011-2015** — Worked at the education nonprofit StudentsFirst on teacher quality policy across 18 states.
- **2015** — Began MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- **2016** — Founded Nimble out of Stanford's Startup Garage course.
- **2017** — Participated in Y Combinator (Summer 2017 batch).
- **2018** — Raised seed funding to expand Nimble nationally.
- **2020** — Won an SBIR award from the U.S. Department of Education in a year with 3-4% acceptance rates.
- **2024** — Continued leading Nimble; product now serves ~50 districts and roughly half a million students.

## Achievements

- Founded Nimble while still an MBA student at Stanford GSB.
- Selected for Y Combinator's Summer 2017 batch.
- Won an SBIR award from the U.S. Department of Education for cutting-edge innovation in K-12 education.
- Built a screening process at DCPS that independent researchers found to be predictive of classroom performance.
- Grew Nimble to serve dozens of school districts and roughly 500,000 students.

## Latest updates

- **2021-05** — Announced SBIR award win on LinkedIn.
- **2024-01** — Continued growth and product expansion at Nimble; partnerships with academic researchers on teacher-effectiveness data.

## Links

- Website: https://hirenimble.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurendachille/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/laurendachille
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWQh2yGIzKc

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Last updated: 2026-06-30