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Will the MasteryPrep sale help boost the Capital Region’s startup ecosystem?

January 18, 2023

Craig Gehring, Mastery Prep, 2.6.20 — SMART MOVE: Craig Gehring, the 2020 Young Businessperson of the Year, passed on attending an elite university to launch MasteryPrep and eventually sold the company a decade later—a win for investors who backed his vision. (Collin Richie)

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There’s a good chance you’ve heard MasteryPrep’s origin story by now. Baton Rouge High School graduate Craig Gehring earned perfect scores on the ACT and SAT college admission tests, but rather than attending an elite university, he started a test-prep company. After about a decade in business, MasteryPrep opened its next chapter in November when

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