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Chegg Ditches Ingram for FedEx and Eyes International Growth

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Back in 2014, more competition from Amazon had led the Santa Clara, Calif-based Chegg to a deal with book distributor Ingram Content Group. Ingram bought Chegg’s textbook inventory to sell and distribute, and the companies shared the revenues. The Ingram deal was framed as part of Chegg’s strategy to 100 percent digital revenue.

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Cheating on Chegg? Maybe Not on Its Tutoring Platform

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That’s an example of a request that can be found on online tutoring services like Chegg, as shared by a senior data scientist at the company, Sanghamitra Deb. Yet this is the kind of “help” that Chegg’s tutoring service can sometimes be used for. But Chegg doesn’t take action against the person making the request.

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9 Good Online Math Tutoring Websites for Kids and Students

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Chegg Chegg is a website and app where students can access a wide range of resources. For children who require one-on-one math tutoring for some reason, Chegg boasts of having competent math tutors who can provide help with homework as well as assistance with other school work like tests, exams exercises, etc.

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Gig’s Up: CreatorUp Raises $1 Million to Train and Match Creative Professionals for Work

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CreatorUp is a digital media studio and training company with an educational program to train aspiring creative professionals in business and digital production. Early on, CreatorUp worked primarily with corporate clients such as YouTube to host on-site training for their staff or community content creators.

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Codecademy, an Early (and Now Profitable) Pioneer of Coding Education, Raises $40M in New Funding

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Founded in 2011, the New York-based company has built a hugely popular training platform that has helped millions of students learn to code over the last decade. Codecademy hired its first chief financial officer last November: former Chegg executive and general manager Adam Goldman. Chegg went public in 2013.

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Public Edtech Companies Have Been Rare. These SPACs Will Change That.

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Soon, there will be one fewer after tech training provider Pluralsight gets taken private later this year. That leaves 2U, Chegg and Stride (formerly known as K12 Inc.) He was an early investor in Chegg, which went public in 2013 and whose stock more than doubled in 2020. Publicly traded education technology companies are rare.

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Platzi Raises $6 Million to Bring More Online Education to Latin America

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The two men joined together for a new company focused on an underserved market in tech training: Latin America. Gonzalez’s firm last invested in student services provider Chegg, but hadn’t found another education company that piqued his interest until his firm started talks with Platzi. We’re training the next generation.”

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