Tutorspree (YC W11) Is An Airbnb For Tutoring

Post by akharris » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 4:58 AM UTC

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Sure: Josh and I have known each other for years through mutual friends. We started working on the idea that would become Tutorspree at the beginning of the summer, and as we realized we were onto something, started figuring out how to round out our team. That led to a full on search for a technical co-founder back in NYC. It took a fair amount of doing (and if you want to know more about finding a great technical co…

Yes, the search for a technical co-founder is easily something that would interest, oh, about a million other people.

Post by happy4crazy » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 5:02 AM UTC

Post by yarone » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 5:11 AM UTC

pagliara wrote: post #24

Not YC-backed and no TechCrunch article, but WyzAnt ( http://www.wyzant.com ) is a similar service that's been around for 6 years already. Another recent one is Teachoo ( http://www.teachoo.com ). Tutorspree isn't the first and probably won't be the last start up in this space.

Post by akharris » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 5:21 AM UTC

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It's a question we keep playing around with. Our customer dev work said that the subject matter market was, far and away, the most underserved/archaic - so that's where we decided to focus. But, we don't want to restrict our tutors. They decide what they want to offer, and we'll list them for the subjects they want. I'm pretty sure that the community will grow and change over time, but we want to make sure we're hitt…

That's cool - you may be onto something. I'd wager there's some overlap between subjects and SAT IIs, AP exams, and name-your-state equivalents of New York State's Regents exams, as well. I'd do some thinking and planning on your expansion vectors around those things. As for me, I'm in Ann Arbor right now, so I don't think I'd be useful to you yet. :)

Post by sachinag » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 5:27 AM UTC

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That's cool - you may be onto something. I'd wager there's some overlap between subjects and SAT IIs, AP exams, and name-your-state equivalents of New York State's Regents exams, as well. I'd do some thinking and planning on your expansion vectors around those things. As for me, I'm in Ann Arbor right now, so I don't think I'd be useful to you yet. :)

Agreed. We're going to focus heavily on the problems we understand and solve them before moving on. We like Ann Arbor. You could be our first tutor out there - that's a nice market share.