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| Zinch.com |
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Added 3/10/2008 |
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Founder(s): Mick Hagen |
Founded: 2006 |
| Industry: Internet - User Content |
City: Provo |
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| Company Description: |
Almost all colleges find and recruit students through standardized test scores. Zinch allows students to be seen for what they are—not just numbers, but people. Colleges are able to communicate and recruit students through a Web portal that houses hundreds of thousands of data-rich student profiles |
Traction: |
290,000 students (representing all 50 states, 160 countries, 19,000 high schools) have already set up Zinch profiles. Over 410 colleges (including 38 of top 100 colleges) in America are recruiting students on Zinch. |
| Employees: |
18 |
| Awards/Competitions Won: |
2007 Utah Entrepreneurs Challenge ( http://tinyurl.com/yo4ary ), 2007 BYU E-Business Competition ( http://tinyurl.com/2yvp35 ), 2006 Princeton Entrepreneurs Network Business Plan Competition ( http://tinyurl.com/28fvbx ) |
| Business Model: |
It is free for high school students to set up a profile. Colleges pay a subscription fee to gain access to our data & services (interaction and communication with students on Zinch, student data, contact info, college profiles to showcase their schools, social network functionality, messaging system, etc). We are also involved in lead generation for multiple services. Army, Test Prep, Online Colleges, Student Loans, and Scholarships. |
| Revenue: |
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| Projected Revenue (2008): |
$2.5 Million |
| Major Customers: |
Yale, Stanford, Columbia, MIT, Gonzaga, Claremont Mckenna, Oberlin. Most big Utah schools as well: University of Utah, BYU, UVSC, Westminster (a total of 411 colleges currently use Zinch to recruit - http://www.zinch.com/static/colleges-recruiting.html ). |
| Recent Buzz: |
New York Times, Education Week, Salt Like Tribune, Inside Higher Ed, Washington Examiner, Boston Globe, Chronicle of Higher Education ( http://www.zinch.com/static/press.html ) |
| Investment Needs: |
Looking for $1.5 million from angel investors. |
| Address: |
Zinch.com
42 N. University Ave. Suite #210
Provo, Utah 84601
USA |
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