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December 17, 2013

The Daily Startup: Accel Backs Private Tutoring Startup WyzAnt

Online private tutoring marketplace WyzAnt Inc. has picked up $21.5 million from Accel Partners, becoming the latest in a line of such startups to attract venture funding in a quest to overhaul education outside the classroom.

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December 17, 2013

WyzAnt Lands $21.5M From Accel To Take Its Tutoring Marketplace Global And Mobile

Today, WyzAnt has quietly become one of the largest online tutoring platforms in the U.S., serving 500,000 tutors and over one million students.

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July 17, 2013

WyzAnt looks to disrupt tutor marketplace without VC

WyzAnt has become a major online marketplace without help from VCs. It helps that the company was laser-focused from the beginning on hooking tutors up with students.

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June 30, 2013

14 Ways Retirees Are Making Money

These 14 options are a great way to earn some money while doing something you enjoy.

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May 29, 2013

Employment Options for the Newly Graduated

By Author, College and Career Consultant, Dr. Bonnie Snyder

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May 10, 2013

Help your child avoid summer learning loss

5 activities to help prevent the summer backslide

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February 19, 2013

How WyzAnt is building a digital bridge between tutors and students

The business has continued to grow at least 50 percent each year, and WyzAnt now has 50 employees at its Bucktown headquarters

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January 28, 2013

Chicago's Exploding Tech Startup Scene: Second to None

Chicago's speedy rise through the ranks of a tech-epicenter has been years, if not decades, in the making.

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November 26, 2012

Forbes Up And Comers: Jamie Quint, Andrew Geant, Matthew Prince, Philip Fierlinger

Four Entrepreneurs doing really cool things who are worth watching.

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October 9, 2012

5 Steps to Finding the Perfect Tutor

Your kids may be back in school, but class size or struggles with basic concepts may mean they need extra one-on-one help.

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August 28, 2012

5 solid branding efforts on the cheap

Five ways that small companies have spread the word without breaking the bank.

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August 28, 2012

9 time-saving tips for the back-to-school rush

WyzAnt.com has close to 60,000 tutors on file -- many with user reviews -- so there's probably someone near you with a specialty in the subject bedeviling your child.

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August 6, 2012

Surfing the Web for Online Tutors - CNBC

WyzAnt CEO, Drew Geant, on CNBC's Squawk Box

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June 20, 2012

A Different Kind of Summer Reading

How to help your dyslexic child when school’s out.

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June 1, 2012

WyzAnt Tutoring Featured in Crain's Chicago Business

How One Firm is Helping Tutors with the Business of Tutoring.

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April 15, 2012

WyzAnt Tutoring Featured in Chicago Tribune’s Sunday Edition

Many startups choose to self-fund their enterprise so they can retain control of the business

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November 21, 2011

Behind America's Tutor Boom

How a cottage industry became a $100-an-hour juggernaut.

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June 13, 2011

The Career Hot Seat

How to Make Money this Summer

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