The Impetus to Start Detroit Achievement Academy

Smitley: I was running my very first startup, which I started right out of college in 2007. And I was also in law school. So I was doing both of those things at the same time, sort of like halfway. Once I graduated from law school, I was like, you know, maybe that's why I'm burned out. Smitley: My goal was to sell my company for hopefully a zillion dollars and then volunteer do what I was doing in her classroom.