Schools had a communication problem disguised as an app problem. ParentSquare turned fragmented notices, forms, payments and attendance nudges into one district system - and learned that charging money could build more trust than giving software away.
A handful of Colorado skiers got tired of whiteboards and analog clocks on the mountain. Their fix - a self-charging screen on the chairlift - became a communication company with four products and one stubborn idea: communities run on information that arrives on time.