Neal Sales-Griffin
Neal Sáles-Griffin | |
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| Born | July 28, 1987 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Neal Sáles-Griffin (born July 28, 1987[1]) is an American entrepreneur and educator. He co-founded the first coding bootcamp program in 2011[2] and is the CEO of CodeNow.
Sales-Griffin ran for Mayor of Chicago in 2019.[3][4]
In 2011, Sales-Griffin and McGee launched Code Academy, the first ever coding bootcamp, offering three-month intensive courses in web development and design. In 2012, Code Academy changed its name to The Starter League to eliminate confusion with a competing New York-based program called Codecademy.[5] It was one of the first tenants of 1871,[6]
In 2016, Sales-Griffin joined CodeNow Archived 2018-07-31 at the Wayback Machine as its CEO, a nonprofit coding school that focuses in on high school students in low income areas interested in coding, design and entrepreneurship.
Sales-Griffin was named to Crain’s Chicago Business’s "40 Under 40" in 2013.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Hirst, Ellen Jean (July 27, 2014). "Entrepreneurs live by their own code; Co-founders of Web coding school The Starter League have succeeded by choosing to make their own rules". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ McGee, Mike (2017-11-22). "What Is Dead May Never Die: The Story of Code Academy and the Start of the Coding Bootcamp Industry". Medium. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ↑ "Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a challenger, a young tech guy 'who gives a s---'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ↑ Pletz, John (2018-03-19). "Neal Sales-Griffin is running for mayor". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ↑ "Code Academy reboots as Starter League". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
- ↑ "Neal Sales-Griffin ⇒ Blue Sky Vault". chicago.blueskyinnovation.com. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
- ↑ "40 Under 40: 2013". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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