🦄 Startups & VC 2d ago · Ana Maria Constantin

The founder of Scholly sold his scholarship app to Sallie Mae. He says they fired him for asking why they were selling students’ data.

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The founder of Scholly sold his scholarship app to Sallie Mae. He says they fired him for asking why they were selling students’ data.
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Christopher Gray built Scholly to help students like himself find scholarships. He grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, became the first in his family to attend college after winning $1.3 million in scholarships to Drexel University, and turned that experience into a mobile app that matched students with financial aid based on their profiles. The app […]
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