November Breakfast with Chuck Cohn, CEO, Varsity Tutors

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When:

November 16, 2018 7:15 AM - 9 AM CST

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JOIN ACG for its Monthly Breakfast Meeting

Friday, November 16, 2018

Washington University Knight Center

Speakers

Chuck Cohn

Varsity Tutors

Founder & CEO

Chuck Cohn is the founder and CEO of Varsity Tutors, a live learning platform that seamlessly connects experts and learners in any subject, anywhere, anytime. To date, students have accessed over four million hours of live instruction on the platform. Experts are available to meet in person or through the company's award-winning online and mobile platforms, which account for the majority of all sessions. The company has raised $107 million in funding from investors including TCV, Learn Capital and The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Chuck previously worked for Wachovia in Energy and Power investment banking and for Ascension Ventures, a venture capital fund with $800M AUM. Chuck graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BSBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship.

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7:15 a.m. registration, networking & coffee
7:45 a.m. breakfast
8:00 a.m. presentation
9:00 a.m. adjourn

ACG St. Louis Member - Prepaid
Corporate Executive Guest (CEO, CFO, COO, President, VP) - $0
ACG Member from Another Chapter - $45
Non-Member Guest Fee - $60

Hosted by: ACG

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St. Louis

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Varsity Tutors was born out of the educational experiences of our founder and CEO, Chuck Cohn. In high school, private tutoring helped him move from an F to an A+ in honors geometry. But it also paired him with a French tutor who didn’t speak great English. And sometimes, it was just too difficult to find tutoring in time to make a difference.

That experience continued as Chuck struggled to find access to high-quality tutoring for one of his courses at Washington University in St. Louis. One night, he had an epiphany—great tutoring is only effective if you have reliable access to the right tutor for your situation.

With that revelation in mind, and a whole lot of hustle, Chuck built Varsity Tutors—a company that combines highly-credentialed experts with an advanced technology platform dedicated to live, personalized instruction.