CuraCubby's Autism Origins
Share
A story about how CuraCubby, a school management software company, was started by a father of an autistic child.
"This guy Steven had an autistic kid. After his kid was diagnosed with autism, he thought 'I don't feel like sending him to a normal school, I don't think they're gonna do anything.' So he started a school, and 20 kids in the neighborhood went to it.
While managing the school, he realized it was a pain. He lived in Oakland where many parents were tech guys, and he found another parent who sent his kid to his school. Together, they decided to build software that makes it easy to collect tuition payments and pay bills - basically like Bill.com + Quickbooks + Eventbrite, so you can handle payments and check into after-school programs.
They are crushing it now. It's just 4 guys and they've grown to $2.4 million in recurring revenue."
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.