Hi 👋 I'm Charles, Co-founder & CEO at Bursity.org, North America's fastest way to fund your tuition, and the home for Lower Hurdles to Higher Learning. I’m a startup geek with a few failures (read: lessons learned) in big data under my belt, and a bit of recognition for business and innovation, and community leadership over the last few years.I’m finally following a path I’m passionate about, and leading a revolution by building a platform to help marginalized students get equitable access to higher education, while reducing their overall learning expenses.But, you might ask, why leave big data for a social venture? Well...On average, marginalized youth pursuing post-secondary education spend almost 2x more than their counterparts. As a result, they often don't see fulfilling post-secondary learning as a financially achievable goal. Having lived-experience of the problem, I’ve decided to focus on creating a solution. To help combat the problem, our core mission at Bursity is: •Provide marginalized students with access to millions of financial awards and post-secondary enrollment opportunities•Help sponsors and institutions find and connect with top-tier students to increase the impact of their diversity and funding initiativesTo date, the B-team has successfully:•Raised ~$100,000 in non-dilutive funding, leading to successfully having...•Launched our student facing MVP of >49k financial awards valued at more than $450M, letting us have...•Helped over 300 marginalized students across Canada and the US score more scholarships But that’s just small potatoes, from a small team. There’s still so much more to do, and we invite you to join us!Are you a scholarship provider or campus recruiter, looking to increase your impact through funding and diversity? Is your organization looking to learn how you can cut the cost of your awards or recruitment campaigns?Or are you a marginalized individual, looking to see how you can save on tuition costs, or maybe even start your first startup? If so, reach out and let’s chat. I’d love to help. 📬 charles.milton@bursity.ca