Plexx
Plexx is a mobile skill-building marketplace for youth without a degree to learn skills, anytime, anyplace, get a job, and launch a career.
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Education
- Location Cambridge, MA, USA
- Currency USD
- Founded November 2012
- Employees 3
- Website plexx.co
Company Summary
21% of 15-24 year olds around the world, 225M, are un- or underemployed, yet 40% of employers say lack of skills is the main reason for entry-level vacancies. By delivering the content needed to learn skill needed to secure a job, and by connecting similar learners via a mobile device, we will transform the world into a learning community where young people don’t solely depend on traditional universities to jumpstart their careers.
Team
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Yscaira JimenezHead of Sales and Marketing
Yscaira is a 2014 MIT MBA who grew up attending public schools in the Bronx, taught English to students in in Rio de Janeiro, and has spent her professional career working for 3 education startups(Rocket Learning, Learn-It Systems, Platform Learning) in business development and operation roles serving more than 10,000 low-income students across the U.S. through high impact tutoring. She founded and operated La Pregunta Arts Cafe for 5 years
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Sergio MarreroHead of product and operations
Sergio is a 2014 HBS/HKS MBA/MPP who was first in his family to graduate from a four-year college. He believes making learning more accessible and affordable can alter the lives of lower-income communities. He worked in management consulting in Deloitte’s Strategy & Operations practice, PepsiCo as a Supply Chain Associate, Teach For America as an Education Pioneers Summer Fellow, founded USAdelante.org, and was an Echoing Green semi-finalist
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Victor PopovHead of Design and Development
Victor Popov is a recent college graduate from Howest University in Kortrijk, Belgium. He is a young creative Deviner. Devine is a Digital design and Media education at Howest. It combines the art of developing and design. His skillset includes Oldskool P&P, PS, ILLU, FL, AE, C4D, MOCHA. He programs in HTML5/CSS3/JS, PHP5, AS3, jQUERY, jSON. His portfolio can be found at www.phrofyz.com. He recently developed our wireframes, website and an mvp
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