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At Hallway, a start-up for high school students by high school students
Education technology upstart Hallway shares office space with other
young, fledgling companies at The Fort on K Street NW, but its
accommodations are a little different.
When its executives arrive earlier than the others, they plop
down on the lobby floor, crack open their laptops, and wait for the
adults to arrive. As 17-year-old minors, The Fort’s lease precludes them
from having their own key to the office.”
Young entrepreneurs aren’t exactly groundbreaking. But even in a
post-Mark Zuckerberg world, a crop of teenagers building a technology
company from scratch as their summer job is far from commonplace.
Hallway
offers an online portal where students can submit questions on various
school subjects, such as calculus or algebra, that their peers then
answer. Students can rate which questions and answers are most helpful
so that useful information rises to the top.
Co-founder and chief executive Sean McElrath and his co-workers Cyrus
Malekpour, Michael Chan, Darren Bolduc, Dennis Lysenko and Allison
Chou, are rising seniors at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and
Technology, a selective but public magnet school in the Alexandria
area.
The group has attracted angel investors who have funneled
tens of thousands of dollars into the company, and could soon raise
additional capital as they look to hire full-time staff.
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