Jon Carson is a multi-exit education entrepreneur with thirty years of experience starting and scaling consumer-facing education companies. He has received various accolades such as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist and was the initial inductee into Babson Alumni Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. At CollegeVine, he helped scale the first national college admissions advisory brand in the US and grew it from $300k in annual sales to $10m run rate with 100% CAGR while striking significant strategic partnerships with Fidelity, US News, NPR, and Care.com. In addition, he built the largest event management and fundraising platform for school/charity fundraisers and has raised over half a billion dollars for various causes. He also built the largest consumer education website, FamilyEducation Network, before it was acquired by Pearson PLC. Carson has raised over $100m from institutional, strategic, and family-office investors. With an MBA from Yale School of Management and a B.S. in Marketing and Finance from Babson College, Carson is the co-founder of College Guidance Network and formerly served as a student mentor at Harvard Innovation Lab. His mantra includes, "Stormy Waters Favor Good Swimmers" and "Reality is Your Friend."