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Vol. II — No. 184Remarkable People · Exceptional CompaniesToday's Edition

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Melvin Hines Built a Company Around the Students Higher Ed Forgets
Founder · Executive · Operator

Melvin Hines Built a Company Around the Students Higher Ed Forgets

Only 68 students from his high-school class of 250 reached graduation. Hines turned that number into a 13-year operating thesis: support should arrive before a student has to ask.

melvin-hines · upswingRead →
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The Startup That Texts College Dropouts Before They Drop Out
Education · Saas · Enterprise

The Startup That Texts College Dropouts Before They Drop Out

Melvin Hines was one of 68 kids in his high school class to graduate. He built Upswing so the other students - the adult learners, the first-gen, the ones nobody texts back - get a fair shot at the finish line.

edtech · student-successRead →