FlashNotes
Encyclopedia
FlashNotes.com is a website that allows college students to buy and sell class notes, study guides, book summaries, lecture notes, and other items to help students study and/or earn money throughout their college years.
student Mike Matousek. After seeing other students struggle in several classes, and hearing them constantly ask to borrow other students' notes, Matousek decided to create a solution that would help struggling students by giving them an additional resource. He also saw an opportunity to reward students that choose to share their class notes and other study materials. The result was FlashNotes.com.
. However, one feature of the site is the ability for anyone with an account to upload notes. If a user is the first person to upload notes from their school, that college or university will be added to the list of schools as soon as the notes have been uploaded.
History
In December 2009, FlashNotes was founded by Kent State UniversityKent State University
Kent State University is a public research university located in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university has eight campuses around the northeast Ohio region with the main campus in Kent being the largest...
student Mike Matousek. After seeing other students struggle in several classes, and hearing them constantly ask to borrow other students' notes, Matousek decided to create a solution that would help struggling students by giving them an additional resource. He also saw an opportunity to reward students that choose to share their class notes and other study materials. The result was FlashNotes.com.
Concept
Flashnotes.com works a reference tool for college students that are looking for additional help while studying for a variety of college courses. Flashnotes.com can also be an easy way for students to make some extra money during their college years. Students interested in sharing their notes must first create an account with the site. After this is done, they can upload as many notes as they want, and then they set their own price for each set of notes. If the notes are sold, the student keeps 80% of the price of the notes, while FlashNotes.com keeps the other 20%. Once the notes have been uploaded to the site, other students with an account can browse through all of the notes available at their school, narrow the search by course number or subject, or even search through all of the notes available from students at other college and universities throughout the country.Schools
FlashNotes.com is currently being used to buy and sell notes at 34 colleges and universities throughout the United StatesUnited States
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. However, one feature of the site is the ability for anyone with an account to upload notes. If a user is the first person to upload notes from their school, that college or university will be added to the list of schools as soon as the notes have been uploaded.