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Meet the eHarmony of Tutoring

If it works for dates, it should work for matching students with tutors.
Matchmakers: Andrew Geant (left) and Michael Weishuhn.

If it works for dates, it'll work for tutoring. That's the approach has taken to introduce its roughly 2 million registered users to the 75,000 active tutors on its database, available to help anyone from kindergartners to Ph.D. candidates nail their coursework. Along the way, the Chicago-based service has booked $100 million in tutoring sessions, earning anywhere from 5 to

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