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PushPress and the case of the never-ending class pass
A gym owner discovered that people were training on passes nobody checked. The software he helped build now connects the money, the members, and the moments that keep them coming back.
Opus1.io and the Trouble Between the Lessons
A music school sells lessons. Its owner spends the day negotiating everything around them. Opus1.io built a business in that awkward interval.
Homeroom
Homeroom is a San Francisco software company that runs the back office for school auxiliary programs - after-school enrichment classes, extended care, summer camps, leagues and tutoring. Founded by Stanford classmates Casandra Espinoza Stewart and Christina Walker, it started as a three-sided marketplace connecting parents, schools and class vendors, then grew into an all-in-one platform handling registration, rosters, attendance check-in/out, contractor payments, compliance and financial reporting. It raised $3.5M in seed funding led by Forerunner Ventures in 2019 to chase a roughly $23 billion U.S. after-school market where more than 40% of children are not enrolled in any program.