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About Brian Hamilton

Starter U is taught by Brian Hamilton, the founder of Sageworks (now
Abrigo), one of the world’s first fintech companies. Under his leadership,
Sageworks became a market-defining platform used by thousands of
financial institutions to assess and manage risk and millions of small
business owners to understand their financial information.

Hamilton is also the founder of both the Brian Hamilton Foundation and
Inmates to Entrepreneurs, an international nonprofit that provides training
to help formerly incarcerated individuals start low-capital businesses. The
program—the largest and longest-running of its kind—has equipped
thousands of people with practical tools to build stable livelihoods and
reintegrate into their communities. Hamilton expanded this mission as the
star of the award-winning ABC television show “Free Enterprise.”

Across all of his ventures, Hamilton has focused on expanding access to
economic opportunity through entrepreneurship and technology—an
ethos rooted in his own story. Raised in a working-class neighborhood
near Bridgeport, Connecticut, he experienced the challenges of economic
disadvantage firsthand. He launched a small landscaping business as a
kid, ultimately earning enough to become the first in his family to attend
college. This personal journey continues to shape his work at LiveSwitch,
the world-leading communications platform for small businesses and
entrepreneurs.

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