If you’ve been a student before, you know how easy it can be to fall behind if you’ve missed a lecture or two. Notehall has a solution for you, with a smart marketplace that allows you to buy and sell lecture notes and study guides.

Founded by four University of Arizona students DJ Stephan, Fadi Chalfoun, Sean Conway, and Justin Miller, Notehall launched earlier this year with an undisclosed seed round from DreamIt Ventures. Starting with their native University of Arizona and Arizona State, the site has continued to add more coverage as it expands to offering services across the vast network of colleges in the United States.

The system is simple enough. Anyone can sell lecture notes or study guides using Notehall, and they earn 75 cents and $1 per download respectively. Buyers can either earn or purchase credits which can be used to obtain the downloads. Credits can be earned through member referrals, rating notes, or if you’re selling you can opt for credits instead of a cash payout.

Credits are offered in packages, with the most popular package of 300 credits for $6.99 delivering the equivalent of three study guides and 12 lecture notes.

Notehall is set to boom following an appearance on the ABC show “Shark Tank” October 6.

Notehall Wants To Be The eBay For Lecture Notes is a post from: The Inquisitr

Crooked Jaw Clothing was one of the companies pitched on tonight’s episode of Shark Tank and they didn’t fare too well.

First, a bit about Crooked Jaw:

Crooked Jaw Clothing is owned and operated by 3 partners, one of which launched a clothing line with a Mixed Marshall Arts theme. The name stems from that founder getting his jaw broke while playing lacrosse.

The company was on Shark Tank looking to raise $200,000 in funding with the investors getting a 20% stake in the company, which would give it a paper valuation of about $1mil. Daymond John, the Shark with the most experience in retail clothing was not too impressed with the partner’s pitch or brand, saying that the brand needs legs.

The company has already sold about 1,500 pieces of clothing and has gross sales of only $5,000 so far, leading the rest of the Sharks to shun it like a hot potato.

My opinion is that if marketed properly, the Crooked Jaw Clothing brand just might take off. The name is catchy, there’s a story of toughness behind the brand and name and the clothing fits the image very well. It may never be a huge department store brand but with persistence, it could certainly carve out a niche, especially with the extreme sports crowd, bikers or just the rebelious crowd in general.

Crooked Jaw Clothing gets Shot Down on Shark Tank is a post from: The Inquisitr