Zinch was a company that helped students find scholarships and engage in college networking and recruiting. The company's website enabled students to create a profile similar to a

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, which could be browsed by colleges in which they were interested, providing a forum for a connection between college and Zinch user. Colleges also had the ability to search through these profiles in order to contact interested students.

History

Zinch started out as a research project at

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in June 2006 by a group of students. The company was founded by Mick Hagen, Brad Hagen, and Sid Krommenhoek and launched to the public in March 2007. Cache Merrill served as CTO of Zinch for 6 years and later founde
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with the core engineering team from Zinch. The company was later run by Anne Dwane, who previously founded and ran Military.com. In September 2011,

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agreed to acquire Zinch. as part of its expanding digital student hub. Eventually, the zinch web address began to redirect to Chegg's website, retiring the Zinch brand.

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External links

Official WebsiteStudy Abroad ConsultantsThe Herald Mail: Paying For CollegeCampus Technology: Social Networking The New Face Of Recruiting
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