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GlobalScholar.com

Started by VinnyLingham · 10 months ago

I often find that in the new Web 2.0 world of “social media” and “communities”, that there are some very flaky business models. I was quite impressed to come across Global Scholar today. Not only are they proposing a very valuable community offe ... Continue reading »

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  • Jon Bischek

    1 year ago

    Hey Vinny. Totally agree about the need to have sustainable business models. We're launching a language learning service at eduFire.com that's similar to GlobalScholar (with the addition of live interactive video) and are allowing our teachers to set their own prices. We're hoping to create a model where the students win (lower prices for private instruction) and the teachers win as well (keeping 80-90% of the fees) rather than the 20-30% they'd get working for a tutoring company.

    We're launching in February so hopefully you'll write about us then. :)
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  • Vinny Lingham

    1 year ago

    Thanks Jon - keep me posted and I certainly will.
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  • erin

    1 year ago

    I checked out GlobalScholar.com and worked with a provider called Transtutors.com and it really works! Globalscholar.com provides 100's of tutors for students to work for any subject any level. Man its amazing. Tutor with Transtutors.com was superb. He taught me AP Calculus and i really liked him!
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  • Stu

    10 months ago

    hmm intersting site. Thanks!
    I found this one http://www.studentteacherexchange.com/ It's new but I think it might take off soon. What do you think?
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