Word: yagan
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...product of his search was Redline Textbooks, a new company Yagan started with seven fellow Currier House residents that takes advantage of substantial disparities in textbook prices at the Harvard Coop as compared to those at other retailers and distributors. The prices set by publishers often vary from country to country, and the new company exploits this fact by buying textbooks required in popular Harvard courses, mostly from Western Europe, and reselling them on campus...
...What’s remarkable is that even with buying retail in Western Europe and shipping overseas, we’re able to offer $20-50 off the Coop,” said Yagan, whose older brother, Sam A. Yagan ’99, founded SparkNotes.com...
...Danny Yagan also said that that Redline Textbooks receives some of its stock from domestic sources...
With a loan from a private source and approval from the College to run a business out of a dorm during term-time, Yagan started the corporation with Daniel J. Feith ’06, Matthew G. Gartland ’06, Robert M. Koenig ’06, Andrew M. Mugica ’06, Naveen Muthu ’06, Michael W. Reckhow ’06 and Brooks E. Washington...
...beyond our wildest dreams.”According to Yagan, they have sold over 100 books to date...