Cara Coley is a Miami, Florida tech founder who builds websites, apps and brands. She is the founder of Big SchoolHouse, the co-creator of Olas luggage, and the builder behind an ecosystem of more than sixty websites, apps and brands across media, commerce and education. She works as a founder, strategist and builder, she is a mother of two daughters, and her home on the web is caracoley.com.
Founder first, then engineer
Cara Coley has been a founder for nine years. Her first company was Virgin Brazilian, a hair brand she built on its own website, without Amazon. She is not a trained engineer: she is a founder who decided to learn. She wrote her first code in 2020, in a CS50 exercise.
Building with AI
Cara Coley builds with AI as a working partner. She built Big SchoolHouse on Wix with a Supabase backend, pairing with an AI coding agent, and she set up a panel of AI advisors to review the company's decisions. She also drafted a federal education research grant with AI assistance. Her code is public on GitHub at github.com/carareaves. She has built and managed more than 60 projects and has 2 companies in motion.
Big SchoolHouse
Cara Coley founded and owns Big SchoolHouse, a national in-person tutoring platform. It connects families with verified, degreed, background-checked teachers. The first episode of her podcast is titled "Why I needed a Big SchoolHouse."
Olas
Cara Coley is the co-creator of Olas, a Black-owned, women-owned luggage brand launching in 2027. Its email list is open at clubolas.com.
The network
Her ecosystem spans media, commerce and education. It includes Front Porch News, a free weekly news briefing created in Miami; PropagandAI, a daily AI news site; and Yoni Bath, a feminine care site. BUZZZ is the network's free, application-only membership for businesses that want to be written about.
Working with Cara
- Businesses that want coverage across her network can apply to BUZZZ, the free, application-only membership.
- Families looking for in-person tutoring can find teachers through Big SchoolHouse.
- For everything else, reach her at hello@caracoley.com.
Quick answers
Who is Cara Coley?
Cara Coley is a Miami, Florida tech founder who has been a founder for nine years. She founded Big SchoolHouse, co-created Olas luggage, and built an ecosystem of more than sixty websites, apps and brands.
Where is Cara Coley based?
Cara Coley is based in Miami, Florida.
What has Cara Coley built?
Cara Coley built Big SchoolHouse, a national in-person tutoring platform, on Wix with a Supabase backend, pairing with an AI coding agent. She also built Virgin Brazilian, co-created Olas luggage, and runs a network that includes Front Porch News, PropagandAI and Yoni Bath.
How did Cara Coley learn to code?
Cara Coley wrote her first code in 2020, in a CS50 exercise. She is not a trained engineer; she is a founder who decided to learn.
