By Jon Cooper | The Good Word
You just don’t know where or what will bring about the next great innovation.
Georgia Tech is always a pretty good guess for the “Where.”
As for the “What,” that can be something as simple as wanting to avoid duplicating your work or maybe even just hating to drive.
Both of those went into
Jaeiza Smith’s formation of Brainstream Tutoring, a virtual tutoring company the 2019 GT graduate in civil engineering and her younger sister Jira, currently attending Stanford, began in 2019, back when virtual learning was more a luxury than a necessity.
“Basically, I was tutoring all around town and I was just driving from place to place and I would tutor for photosynthesis like five times in one week. The same thing, the same strategies, everything,” recalled Smith, who worked as a tutor, including for Georgia Tech student-athletes, during her time as a Tech undergrad. “I was like, ‘What would be a better way so I don’t have to drive aro