Unigo
Unigo is the web's largest resource for information on how to find, get in and pay for college. On Unigo, you can find thousands of free articles on every aspect of the college search and application process. You can also find more than 250,000 free college reviews, photos and videos of colleges across America. On Unigo, you can also schedule and conduct live video chats with more than 15,000 current college students ($30/hour) and more than 1,500 top college counselors ($100/hour) entirely through the Unigo site. Video chats with students can be used to learn more about a college. Video chats with counselors help high school students and their families, from their living rooms, with every part of the college application process. Every month, more than 1 million high school students and their families visit Unigo.com.
- Industry: Education
- Year Started: 2008
- Organization Type: For-Profit
- # of Employees: 14 ( as of Jan 1, 2012)
Jordan Goldman
Frustrated by his own experiences with the college admissions process, as an 18 year-old Jordan created the best-selling “Students’ Guide to Colleges†series of college guidebooks, released in five annual editions from Penguin Books. After graduating Jordan founded Unigo, which The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg called “a college resource built for the age of YouTube and Facebook.†Unigo has grown to help millions of high school students and families find, get in and pay for college, and Jordan has forged strategic alliances with publishers including USA Today, US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, McGraw-Hill Education and many more. Jordan has been an education expert on more than 75 episodes of ABC News, and has been named “One of the Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in America†by Inc Magazine.
- Age: 41
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
