Tutorspree

Online tutoring marketplace.

Y CombinatorWinter 2011InactiveEducationEducationMarketplace

What they do

Problem

Learners need a reliable way to find qualified help in specific subjects to achieve academic or career goals.

Solution

An online marketplace that matches students with expert tutors for scheduled one-to-one lessons across hundreds of subjects.

Who it's for

Students and adult learners seeking personalized tutoring and skill-building support.

Founders

Aaron Harris

Founder/CEO

Partner at YC for quite a while. Wrote a lot of essays, funded great companies. Built the Series A program. Now working on Magid and Co to help founders minimize fundraising burden while maximizing valuations / leverage. I love that I get to keep working with YC companies.

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Ryan Bednar

Founder/Product & Engineering

Hey 👋 I'm Ryan — a General Partner at Orange Collective, a YC alumni fund backing the next generation of YC founders. Along my startup journey, I became an SEO expert and have used it to help grow companies like Calm, Zapier, Rippling, and Shutterstock. Previously I was the CEO of RankScience (W17), Co-founder of Tutorspree (W11), and was the first employee at SeatGeek (valued at $1B+).

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