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| Company Name |
Etutelage Eduservices |
| Founded in |
2007 |
| Headquartered in |
New Delhi |
| Company website/URL |
www.etutelage.com |
| Industry |
Education |
| Stage of the company |
Several customers or locations |
| Source of idea |
Systematic search for business opportunity |
| Awards & honors |
No institutional awards but you have to experience it to know how it feels when a parent of a special needs child in a far off land holds your hand an...> Read more.. |
| Awards & honors |
No institutional awards but you have to experience it to know how it feels when a parent of a special needs child in a far off land holds your hand and says, "You saved his year".
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| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
Strategic tie up with a South African firm to provide localized services and products for the South African market finalized.
Several insti...> Read more.. |
| Partnerships & Tie-ups |
Strategic tie up with a South African firm to provide localized services and products for the South African market finalized.
Several institutional tie ups with schools in the US in the pipeline, with some of them expected to close very soon.
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| Business description |
We are a fast growing e-learning company providing personalized online tutoring, personalized SAT and ACT preparation, free subscription based "Quiz a Day" platform for SAT and ACT (etutelage.com/smart_learn) and a free wiki for school students (www.wikifunda.com).
The focus is on innovative use of technology to provide high quality learning prod...> Read more.. |
We are a fast growing e-learning company providing personalized online tutoring, personalized SAT and ACT preparation, free subscription based "Quiz a Day" platform for SAT and ACT (etutelage.com/smart_learn) and a free wiki for school students (www.wikifunda.com).
The focus is on innovative use of technology to provide high quality learning products and services at an affordable price.
Our customers love us - not a single drop-out, rave reviews and plenty of referrals tell their own story.
The company has just enetered the growth phase and the team is very excited about the times to come.
Related websites:
a) Quiz a Day: www.etutelage.com/smart_learn
b) Company Blog: www.etutelager.com
c) Wikifunda: www.wikifunda.com
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| How does the business make money? |
| By selling personalized online tutoring, personalized SAT and ACT preparation and premium content based products |
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| Team information |
The founders include Prashant Yadav (IIMA, IIT Kharagpur), Anil Kumar (B.Tech IIT Kanpur, M.Tech IIT Madras) and Anupama Thakur (NIT Hamirpur).
The core team also includes James Levesque handling B2C and institutional sales based out of Los Angeles, California. |
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| Competition |
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| Competitors |
Tutor.com, Smarthinking.com, Tutorvista.com |
| How different is your product or service? It has... |
Substitutes that differ in price or value |
| In what way is your product or service different? |
Most of the US based competitors offer only text chat based tutoring which may severely limit the interactivity and effectiveness of the tutoring s...> Read more.. |
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| By The Numbers |
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2007 |
| No. of employees |
Did not exist |
6-15 |
| No. of locations |
Did not exist |
0-1 |
| No. of customers |
Did not exist |
16-50 |
| Turnover |
Did not exist |
Under 10 lacs |
| Profits |
Did not exist |
1 to 5 lacs |
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| Primary source of initial funding |
Personal savings |
| Primary source of additional funding |
Family & friends |
| Raised institutional capital? |
No |
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| Why is this startup hot? |
| Innovative use of technology (Quiz a Day, Wikifunda etc.), strong customer service orientation (zero drop-outs) and a huge market opportunity in front of us. |
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| What keeps the team awake at night? |
| Half of us stay awake anyway to match our customers' timings. The remaining half either sleeps well or works on "what next".
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