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A comment on Show HN: Please Review My First Startup. Meritful: LinkedIn for High School. Parent comment

Re:Show HN: Please Review My First Startup. Meritful: Linked... by joshhart on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:33AM (#4533016)
Also - what do your monetization plans look like? I don't think this is something to take lightly. You'll never be able to charge teachers much for the service. Maybe enough for a lifestyle business though, if that's what you're interested in.

Edit: Perhaps college recruiters? Generally they'll pay a lot to convince students to apply. They recoup it in application fees though :) You may also be able to charge parents of graduating seniors some kind of college search tools.

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Re:Show HN: Please Review My First Startup. Meritful: Linked... by azarias on Monday September 17, 2012 @11:43AM (#4533073)
This will always be free for schools and students.

College admissions (especially the not top-50 colleges) spend a lot of money convincing students to come to their school. We hope to give them a very targeted avenue to reach out and recruit students. You're right...this is a really important issue.

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