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...Antonietti vented to a friend, who told her story to Columbia Business School student and entrepreneur Michael Kopko. Eight months later, Kopko has launched a website he hopes can help college and graduate students who are feeling the loan crunch as well as kids as young as middle schoolers. On GradeFund.com, students can upload their transcripts each semester and earn money for every A. More than 750 students have signed up since the site went live Nov. 15, and the number is growing fast. (See pictures of the evolution of the college dorm...
...When a student reaches $100 in donations, GradeFund mails them a check. (Students can withdraw the money before they reach the $100 mark, for a $5 fee.) Kopko will be adding features to bring in revenue - including a job-search engine that will let employers search for a computer-science major who aced Spanish or any other equally specific set of skills. (See pictures of a diverse group of American teens...
...saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Now, brothers Michael E. Kopko ’07 and Matthew Kopko want to leverage the power of communities to help pay for college. Their new web application, GradeFund, uses the “marathon model” to achieve this goal, said Matthew, a member of the Princeton class of 2008. Just as marathon runners can ask friends and family to pledge money toward a race bid, GradeFund allows students to invite family members, friends, doctors, coaches, and other community members to pledge money towards their education. Donors...
Don’t let his CEO’s demeanor, Lacoste-and-black-blazer combo, or slicked-back hair fool you. Michael E. Kopko ’07 is a people person. Kopko heads an organization with 30 employees, hundreds of customers, and a million dollars in revenue. He’ll talk to you about DormAid if you ask, but he’d much rather tell you about the company executives he works and lives with. “You can use the word ‘cult’ for those who don?...
...Kopko said that DormAid aims to expand its cleaning-service offerings to local businesses by July 2007. Kopko and his brother at Princeton launched the firm as an extension of an informal business he ran in Stoughton during his freshman year...