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SpeedyPrep - cookderosa - 07-15-2016
I was contacted by Speedyprep to review their product- they've got a new owner and are trying to grow their business. My son is testing it out for me. I'll update how it goes.
Ok, so this is interesting. Day 1 (today) my son is watching the video and BAM right at the end is a big fat advertisement for .......... who wants to guess?
CollegePlus! Hummm.... so how is that connected? 15 minutes on LinkedIn tells the story.
The end is this --> CollegePlus = Lumerit = Speedyprep = DebtFreeScholar
If you want to follow my crazy train, here it is.
Brad Voeller graduates from TESC and writes a book about it called Accelerated Distance Learning (out of print). He outlines how to use CLEP at TESC (now TESU) and graduate young.
Brad and his 2 buddies Ryan Yamane and Woody Robertson start a concierge service company called CollegePlus targeting homeschooled Christian teens- they usher the kids through the process and into TESC/TESU for about fifteen grand. (College Plus gets no love here- the archives tell the full story)
In 2009, a kid named Nate Desmond (member here?) started a website called debt-free-scholar. He reviews a book called Accelerated Distance Learning and his site is immediately purchased by a company called CollegePlus. CP hires him as an intern, and he facilitated the growth hacking department. CollegePlus takes off.
Around 2013, CollegePlus buys a company called Speedyprep and hires Nate to grow it. According to his LinkedIn profile, he increased monthly users by 153%. In 2014 Nate leaves to work for Google and Brad leaves Collegeplus to launch his new company with former CP employee Laura Tyson: Digital Creative Institute - a feeder internship apprenticeship vehicle for digital marketing.
Early 2015 CollegePlus taps into the secular market creating an identical product under the name Lumerit Education. According to a LinkedIn search, they have over 70 employees in their company.