TuitionCoach launches college funding site
TuitionCoach is a San Mateo start-up that helps guide families through the bewildering college funding process.
It raised $250,000 in an angel round last December from Vinita Gupta and Ashok Vaish, and launches officially tomorrow.
This is a useful site, because it provides personalized help. There are other sites that provide information on the college funding process, including Finaid.org, and individual college Web sites that help with calculating costs. But Fineaid doesn’t provide the sort of… Continue Reading
The Web 2.0 Launch Pad
Our favorite event at the Web 2.0 Summit is the Launch Pad, where 13 new start-ups launch and give a five-minute presentation.
Richard McManus has a good, succinct review of the 13 companies, so we won’t duplicate.
We weren’t that inspired by this year’s crop, though. The AJAX magic of last year was so thrilling that we’ve gotten used to it, and crave something new. 3B looked cool, because it offered a new-age way to… Continue Reading