TutorMe
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education Technology |
| Founded 📆 | 2015 |
| Founders 👔 | Alex Convery, Myles Hunter, Victor Kotseruba |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Area served 🗺️ | Global |
Key people | Myles Hunter, CEO Victor Kotseruba, CTO |
| Products 📟 | Homework Help, Online Tutoring |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| Parent | Zovio |
| 🌐 Website | tutorme |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
TutorMe is an online tutoring platform based in Los Angeles, California, for kindergarten through graduate school grade levels.[1]
History[edit]
While undergraduates at the University of Southern California, Myles Hunter met future co-founder Alex Convery when he tutored him in accounting; they began brainstorming how to make tutoring more accessible, eventually developing the seeds for their own online tutoring company to meet that need, which led to the inception of TutorMe in 2015.[2][3] After recruiting their technical co-founder, Victor Kotseruba, they decided to build the company's technical infrastructure from scratch, so they wouldn't have to use a third party and so they could keep their platform proprietary and independent.[2]
In 2020, responding to educator feedback, TutorMe launched a Writing Lab to allow students to submit writing assignments for feedback.[4] TutorMe also improved their 1-on-1 lesson space with features including virtual whiteboards, live audio and video chat, a text editor, code editor, and ability to share screenshots of homework problems for review.[5][6]
Funding[edit]
TutorMe was acquired by Zovio (NASDAQ: ZVO) in April 2019.[7] The parent company saw opportunities to leverage the TutorMe platform to serve a broader reach of higher education institutions and employers by providing the on-demand network as a tool to coach learners.[8]
Leadership[edit]
Victor Kotseruba is the Chief Technology Officer of TutorMe.[9] Myles Hunter is the Chief Executive Officer of TutorMe.[10]
COVID Response[edit]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools closed across the nation and education moved online.[11] TutorMe was already established as an online platform so was able to provide a platform to support the rapid escalation of the need to fill the gap and help prevent "COVID Slide," as millions of students fell behind academically.[12] The Los Angeles Unified School District invested $100 million in tools to help students connect to online learning, and approved an agreement with the teachers’ union to provide one-on-one tutoring at its campuses, which was a model also adopted across the country with L.A. companies leading the charge.[13][14] Families turned to tutoring to meet critical educational needs and supplement homeschooling curriculum.[15][16] Virtual tutoring platforms, including TutorMe, served a role to help provide safe space for students struggling in the classroom.[17] Tutoring services became implemented by more employers as an employee benefit as well.[18] Many TutorMe users like insurance companies Alteon Health have relied upon research showing evidence that non-health benefits like tutoring are valued engagement tools for employees struggling to navigate the pandemic.[19] Colleges across the county also turned to online tutoring when they moved to virtual learning in the wake In 2020, TutorMe has seen a 330% increase in tutoring hours from the previous year and 500 percent year-over-year revenue growth.[20] TutorMe platform data also revealed four times the amount of students needing help during pandemic.[21]
Recognition[edit]
TutorMe has gained recognition both in the US and internationally:
- In 2020, TutorMe was selected as a Mom's Choice Award winner.[22]
- In 2020, TutorMe was chosen as a National Parenting Product Award winner.[23]
- In 2020, TutorMe was selected by the Timmy Awards as the Tech for Good Award recipient.[24]
- In 2021, TutorMe was named an EdTech Digest award finalist under the Tutoring Solution and Founder/CEO-Startup categories.[25]
- In 2021, TutorMe was named an Edison Award finalist and went on to win a Silver Award for its Administrator Dashboard and Bronze for its Writing Lab.[26]
- In 2021, TutorMe won double Gold Stevie Awards for Fastest Growing Tech Company of the Year (Up to 100 Employees) and Founding Team of the Year (Consumer Services Industries).[27][28]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Just Go Grind Podcast: TutorMe Co-Founder Myles Hunter on Raising Funds and Building International Teams". dot.LA. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Journal, Victoria Kertz, Staff Writer, California Business (2021-03-10). "With TutorMe, It's All Academic - California Business Journal". Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Action and Ambition: Myles Hunter is a Young Entrepreneurial Leader Who Has Built a Sprawling Tutoring Business". actionandambition.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "TutorMe connects students with tutors in more than 300 subjects within seconds". the Learning Counsel. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ↑ "Get Back to One-on-One Learning with TutorMe Tutors". Tech.co. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ↑ Peetz, Caitlynn (2021-01-29). "School Notes: 12 file as candidates for next student member of school board". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ↑ "Bridgepoint Education becomes Zovio, moves headquarters and 600 positions from San Diego to Arizona". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Bridgepoint acquires tutoring platform TutorMe as it rebrands". Higher Ed Dive. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "TutorMe Company Profile: Acquisition & Investors | PitchBook". pitchbook.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ↑ "Startup TutorMe Rides Wave of Remote Learning". Los Angeles Business Journal.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ↑ "Students are falling behind in online school. Where's the COVID-19 'disaster plan' to catch them up?". www.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Journal, Victoria Kertz, Staff Writer, California Business (2021-02-10). "With TutorMe, It's All Academic - California Business Journal". calbizjournal.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ "LAUSD invests $100 million for online teaching technology". Arc Publishing. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ McDowell, Ethan (March 8, 2021). "Startup TutorMe Rides Wave of Remote Learning". Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hunter, Myles (2021-04-08). "One-on-One Tutoring Will Help Students Transition Back to Classrooms". L.A. Parent. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "11 Best Online Tutoring Services for Kids". Parents. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Nam, Sooji (2020-09-20). "Virtual tutoring provides safe space for students struggling in classroom". WACH. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ Harris, Ainsley (2020-12-04). "Why "flexibility" may be the least helpful thing companies can offer working parents right now". Fast Company. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ Bell, Rick (2021-02-26). "Case study: Alteon Health learns a lesson in the value of tutoring". Chief Learning Officer - CLO Media. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Getting students back on track to higher education - Page 2 of 2". eCampus News. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ↑ "Virtual tutoring platform sees four times the amount of students needing help during pandemic". WRTV. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Home". Mom's Choice Awards. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ "TutorMe Online Tutoring Platform | Best Educational Tools". NAPPA Awards. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ "Tech in Motion Events - Application Gallery". timmyawards.secure-platform.com. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ↑ "2021 Finalists & Winners". EdTech Digest. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Edison Awards™ - Honoring the Best in Innovation and Innovators". edisonawards.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Entrepreneur Awards | Stevie Awards". stevieawards.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ↑ "Company / Organization Awards | Stevie Awards". stevieawards.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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