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Written by Grace Moenich
We caught up with Nichelle McCall, CEO of BOLD Guidance, to discuss what she’s working on and learn about her experience in our accelerator.
BOLD Guidance navigates students through college applications and allows counselors and parents to view their progress. The online platform and app makes the college application process easier with step-by-step guides and automated deadlines, tasks and reminders specific to each application.
What attracted you to FlashStarts?
Several mentors and advisors mentioned FlashStarts to me who were connected to accelerator community. I looked into it and talked Jen about the program. What I really liked was the opportunity to work with FlashStarts even after the 3 month accelerator program to get additional support. I also liked how funding could be available through FlashStarts after demo day outside of an outside investor. Also—having a group of willing interns that want to help out is awesome too!
What are you working on right now?
We are working on creating a step by step guide through college application—mobile devices and computer—helping make it easier and less stressful for students applying to college. Right now, we are building out the software, which includes two parts. The first is the back end with the database with all the colleges and common application, and the second is the front end, which is the interaction piece that shows requirements and tasks to check off, and the platform where parents and counselors can see progress too! It allows them to see what going on with their student’s progress.
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