Ted Alling

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Dynamo Ventures is a supply chain and mobility investor, focused on pre-seed and seed-stage opportunities, and invests only in enterprise business models. Learn more at https://www.dynamo.vc/about

Chattanooga is a city with a rich history and a bright future, a community with boundless capacity for innovation, transformation, and economic prosperity. Unfortunately, these opportunities are not equitably accessible for all members of our community. For too many residents of urban core neighborhoods, the social determinants associated with poverty create intergenerational cycles of poor academic attainment, un- / under-employment, and disproportionately poor health and social outcomes. These challenges have a disproportionate impact on young men of color. Inspired by the success of the Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy (CGLA) in changing the trajectory of girls from underperforming schools and moved by the tremendous needs among boys and young men in Chattanooga, in 2016 a visionary group of innovators led by Ted and Kelly Alling initiated a planning process to create an all-boys public charter to extend the benefits of single-gender, leadership-focused education to young men.The purpose of the school is to change the lives of young men who face multiple challenges to academic success. Chattanooga Preparatory expects to open its doors August 2018.

PriceWaiter saves you money, time and energy by negotiating better deals for you -- simply, quickly and privately -- virtually anywhere you shop, including Amazon. For retailers, PriceWaiter helps earn new customers, even from competitors'​ sites, with no acquisition cost. Negotiation is as old as commerce because it works-- but it needs an upgrade, and PriceWaiter is that upgrade. With hundreds of partner retailers, hundreds of thousands of users, and millions of products (and more every day), PriceWaiter is making negotiation ubiquitous, buying and selling better, and free markets freer, so everyone wins -- including PriceWaiter, who profits from every transaction. Backed by a syndicate of leading ecommerce and service companies, we’re here to make shopping more efficient for everyone. To learn more visit PriceWaiter.com

At its core, Lamp Post Group is a venture incubator. We help aspiring entrepreneurs take their ideas from the planning stages to reality through financial investment and business guidance. LPG combines the talent of a small venture incubator with the financial capabilities of a venture capital firm to create a system that encourages fast, independent company growth. The Lamp Post Group Approach At LPG, we believe in starting companies the right way – through effective business principles and a culture of creative empowerment. Our partners provide talented teams of entrepreneurs with the financial and technological resources they need to produce, and then we step aside and let them work their magic. Unlike traditional venture capital firms, we do not seek creative control over the direction of the product, nor do we override or reject the decisions of the founders. It is our belief that the owners are the ones most qualified to decide how their product will work, and should retain ultimate decision making power over their company. We do, however offer each team guidance and strategic leadership as needed. Our leadership team has extensive background in founding and running businesses of all sizes, and can act as an invaluable pool of knowledge to founders who are just learning the ropes.