WGJ, LLC dba WeGuaranteeJobs
Will provide high school graduates with training and career counseling, resulting in vocational placements. Goal is to secure more vocational jobs for graduates
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Education
- Location Carlsbad, CA, US
- Currency USD
- Founded June 2013
Company Summary
The Company intends to provide high school graduates with training and career counseling, resulting in vocational placements. 1st level of the model: social impact games to determine the vocation that most interests high school graduates and drop-outs. 2nd level: tested for grit. 3d level: take a course in their chosen field. 4th level: graduates are placed in jobs. Revenues will come from tuition, sponsorships, placements and advertising.
Team
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David SilverCo-founder and Chief Creative OfficerAn investment banker and founder of Santa Fe Capital Group. David has raised capital for more than 300 early stage companies, some of them having grown to valuations in the hundreds of millions and billions of dollars such as ActMedia, ADP, Carey Limousine, Codex, EZ Pass, Frontier Communications, Intelepeer, Peachtree Software, Sea Land Services, and Xing Technologies, among others. David is the author of numerous books on entrepreneurship.
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Paul MartinCo-founder and Chief Executive OfficerPaul is a detail-oriented, wizened businessman with extensive experience in hospitality, real estate finance, and angel investing in the tech industry as well as advising media start-ups including Channel Islands Media, Inc., FashionTec USA, TapBook, Ostara Technology Company and more. He is a Managing Director of Santa Fe Capital Group. Paul’s strengths include managing creative and hard-charging technology and sales teams.
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Douglas E. Luffborough, III, PhDPresident and Chief Operating OfficerAs a graduate in Education Administration, Planning and Social Policy at Harvard University, and of the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Doug has had success in the education business start-ups, personally creating 12 structured trainings for over 3,000 clients annually. He has managed multi-state operations, supervising 24 professional development consultants serving more than 65,000 schools across the United States.
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