Why is GoPeer One of Rhode Island’s Coolest Companies? According to Rhode Island Inno

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Aug 31, 2018 · 2 min read
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GoPeer was recently voted a finalist in Rhode Island Inno’s Coolest Companies competition. We are incredibly proud to reach this milestone, and want to thank those at Rhode Island Inno for their fantastic work documenting the state’s emergent start-up economy.

GoPeer is cool for three main reasons:

The Idea:

GoPeer combines several existing ideas into one product in an innovative way. Tutoring, online intelligent tools, and the near-peer learning model have all been around for a while. GoPeer looked at these puzzle pieces with a fresh perspective, and figured out how to fit them together into a coherent product. GoPeer’s idea is to take brilliant college students (brilliant young adults seeking rewarding work, who also happen to be the most effective tutors on the market), connect them with K-12 students (and their families), and integrate seamless tech into the process.

GoPeer hopes to help create the sharing economy of knowledge — as students progress through their own education, they will share their learned strategies and knowledge with younger peers. GoPeer is working hard so that this cycle will catch on, so that academic mentorship will lose its negative stigma, and so that academic help can be accessible to all students.

The People:

The GoPeer team is a diverse assortment of intellectually curious and passionate learners who hope to achieve a common mission. We emphasize the importance of customer service, and strive to provide prompt and personalized attention to all clients. All GoPeer tutors are college students who are bright, friendly, motivated, and knowledgeable about how to achieve success without accruing unwanted stress. GoPeer is a company where there are students helping students.

The Tech:

GoPeer’s patented algorithm and web platform serve as the interface between student and tutor up until the lesson actually occurs. Our UI/UX designers are qualified professionals who appreciate minimalism, simplicity, and transparency. GoPeer’s tech reflects one of the company’s core philosophies — to build a virtual infrastructure so for the transfer of knowledge, and then to allow the users to be in charge of their own experience.

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The GoPeer Blog is the official blog of GoPeer, a company which connects K-12 students to college students for in-person tutoring lessons.

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The GoPeer Blog is the official blog of GoPeer, a company which connects K-12 students to college students for in-person tutoring lessons.

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