Chuck Cohn turned a college project into a global business - Jennifer Mason, StL Today

Varsity Tutors is a live learning platform that connects students with personalized instruction online, on mobile devices and in person. To date, students have accessed more than 2 million hours of live instruction. The company, with a corporate office located in St. Louis, has free online learning tools including test preparation books, practice questions, answers and explanations. After struggling to find an effective tutor to help him in high school, founder and CEO Chuck Cohn recognized there was an opportunity to create a business that helped people learn. Varsity Tutors was founded in 2007 at Washington University in St. Louis. http://www.stltoday.com/business/advancingstl/chuck-cohn-turned-a-college-project-into-a-global-business/article_ff2c2de2-db68-11e7-8bb5-0f7341613aff.html