Hi Everyone,
Now that our new website has finally launched I thought I'd give you a little insight into how we have got to where we are today. Tutorlink started in 2006 when, at a slight loose end during a long summer holiday, I spotted the gap in the market and decided to go for it. Students were working for demeaning wages and the prices of private tuition had soared to ridiculous heights.
The first tutorlink was naive to put it mildly; heavy on the paperwork and slow to connect tutors. It did however spread from London to Leeds as Leo joined the team in 2007.
In 2008 however, we decided that it was time for a re-think and a re-fresh so we shut down our operations and started planning the tutorlink of today. We fell in with some not so good developers and lost a year to them. Then early this year we found some new developers whose portfolio included work for the "dragon" Deborah Meaden and we were back on track.
After an intense development period of caffeine fueled late nights along with all the other elements to launching a company such as legal documents and marketing etc... we finally managed to launch just under a month later than intended.
As with any new site there will be a few teething issues but we hope that it will revolutionize this industry and make life a great deal simpler for both those who want to teach and those who want to learn.
We are really keen to keep you happy so if there is anything that isn't working or that you don't understand or you think we could do better please let us know at either leo@tutorlink.org.uk or ed@tutorlink.org.uk You can tell us about the good stuff too if you like ; )
Feel free to add posts to our facebook page or by this blog if you want to give any public feedback.
Good luck with your futures,
Ed
Director
Tutorlink.org.uk Limited
