StudentRabbit

StudentRabbit.com connects buyers/sellers of used textbooks, creating a platform for user messaging, negotiations, and instant notifications.

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Houston, TX, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2013
  • Employees 2
  • Website studentrabbit.com

Company Summary

StudentRabbit.com solves a problem every college students in America faces: the exorbitant cost of textbooks. As every semester winds down on campuses across the country, students find themselves in a position where they have books they soon won't be needing. At the same time, there are books they soon will be needing for the next semester. StudentRabbit.com connects the dots between all the students on any given campus, and eureka, students win!

Team

  • Jason McDonald
    Co-Founder

    Jason McDonald runs Houston based Flipping Scripts, a software and website development outfit which handles several small and medium size companies. Jason is a website development and software engineer, specializing in data-driven websites and rich internet applications.

  • Saman Baghestani
    Co-Founder

    Saman is a sales and marketing whiz, with experience in business to business sales and client development. Saman is sort of the inventive engine of the company, and he is who founded the concept of this business. In the two weeks since our launch, he has single handedly managed to generate 1,200 active users, encourage thousands of books posted and requested, and initiated countless conversations consisting of thousands of messages to date.

Advisors

  • Chris Speh
    Advisor
    Unconfirmed

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