Jordan Goldman

Jordan Goldman
Born July 11, 1982
Staten Island, New York, USA
Residence New York, New York
Education Wesleyan University, University of Oxford
Website
http://www.jordangoldman.com

Jordan Goldman (born July 11, 1982) is an American entrepreneur. He has been named "One of the Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in America" by Inc. Magazine,[1] "One of the Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs in America" by the White House,[2] "One of the 100 Most Influential People in NYC Business and Technology" by Business Insider,[3] and "One of the 13 Faces of NYC Tech" by PBS.[4]

Goldman started his first company at 18, getting 30,000 current college students to send him reviews of their colleges. He edited the results to create "Students' Guide to Colleges," which was published by Penguin Books. [5] Goldman and Penguin turned "Students' Guide" into a best-selling series, released in five annually updated editions.[6]

After college Goldman created the college review website Unigo, which generated 1.35 million page views in its first week after launch[7] with current college students contributing hundreds of thousands of college reviews, photos and videos.[8] The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg called Unigo “a college resource built for the age of YouTube and Facebook”,[9] and The New York Times called its reviews "vivid in a way no guidebook can match.”[8]

As Unigo's CEO, Goldman recruited a team, received investment from McGraw-Hill Ventures,[10] News Corp [11] and The Gates Foundation,[12] and grew Unigo into a popular destination site with more than 1 million registered users and 15 million unique visitors per year.[13]

As its content grew, Unigo began to provide education stories to ABC News,[14] licensed student reviews to US News & World Report's annual college rankings,[15] teamed up with USA Today to create the USA Today / Unigo College Guide,[16] built a partnership with The Wall Street Journal to distribute original stories about college life nationwide,[17] and worked with McGraw-Hill Education to create a college readiness curriculum taught in high schools across America.[18] Unigo also received awards and recognitions from The Webby Awards, The Association of Educational Publishers, AlwaysOn, the InfoCommerce Group and Facebook.[19]

In 2014 Unigo was acquired by Aequitas Capital, a $750 million private equity firm that wholly owns & operates education companies and provides more than $300 million in student loans.[20] After the acquisition Aequitas renamed its education operation "The Unigo Group." [21] Today, The Unigo Group provides products and services reaching more than 50% of all college-bound high school students, with 50+ employees and offices in New York, Portland and Florida.[22]

Jordan Goldman, NASDAQ, NYC

In addition to Unigo Goldman is also the founder of Switchboard, a B2B technology licensing business. Switchboard provides tools helping companies connect prospective customers with satisfied customers to increase sales. Switchboard saw quick adoption, signing clients including News Corp, Macmillan Publishing, McGraw-Hill, NYC Board of Education, Triumph Learning, Strayer University, Jabil Manufacturing and more within months of launch, and was also acquired by Aequitas Capital. It has since been renamed Unigo Connect.[23]

As a business, education and new media expert, Goldman has appeared on more than 75 episodes of ABC News,[24] Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC and CNN,[25] written weekly education columns for USA Today,[26] US News & World Report[27] and The Huffington Post,[28] moderated live education events for both The New York Times [29] and The Wall Street Journal,[30] and co-authored white papers with The McGraw-Hill Research Foundation.[31] He is an advisory board member to the YEC, a mentor for the Founder Institute start-up accelerator, and a Lead Mentor for the TechStars start-up accelerator.[32] He lives in Manhattan.





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References

  1. ↑ "30 Under 30, 2011". Inc. Magazine. July 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Empact 100 list". Kauffman Foundation. September 26, 2011.
  3. ↑ "2009 100 Most Influential People". Business Insider. July 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ "The Faces of NYC Tech in 2012". Channel 13. June 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ Goldman, Jordan (2004). Students' Guide to Colleges: 2004. New York: Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-303558-9.
  6. ↑ Goldman, Jordan (2008). Students' Guide to Colleges: 2008. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-303558-4.
  7. ↑ Silicon Alley Staff. "Silicon Alley 100" - Silicon Alley Oct. 31, 2008
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dee, Jonathan. "The Tell-All Campus Tour" - The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 19, 2008
  9. ↑ "Unigo.com Gives Everyone a Say About CollegePicks". AllThingsD. February 18, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Unigo.com Raises 1.6 Million from McGraw-Hill Education". Techcrunch. September 15, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Wall Street Journal Launches "WSJ On Campus" With Unigo". Globe Newswire. October 26, 2009.
  12. ↑ "The 17 Winners of the Facebook and Gates Foundation Education App Contest Are Making College Easier". Techcrunch. January 29, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Unigo doubling traffic each month after relaunching as marketplace for virtual college guidance". Venturebeat. February 21, 2012.
  14. ↑ "College Students Credit Cards Viewer Advice Financial Tips Jordan Goldman". ABC News. September 9, 2011.
  15. ↑ "Harvard University Student Reviews". US News & World Report. August 18, 2011.
  16. ↑ "College Guide". USA Today. September 9, 2011.
  17. ↑ "Wall Street Journal Launches "WSJ On Campus" With Unigo". News Corp. October 26, 2009.
  18. ↑ "Unigo and McGraw Hill Announce Strategic Partnership to Create Curriculum on College and Career Readiness". PRNewswire. September 28, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Unigo Recognitions". Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  20. ↑ "EdPlus Holdings Acquires College Review Portal Unigo". Edukwest. May 7, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Unigo Becomes a Full Service US College Information Marketplace". Marketwired. July 15, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Unigo Acquisition: An Inc. 30 Under 30 Alum Gets a Boost to Expand". Inc Magazine. May 6, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Unigo Connect". Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Weekly "Guest Expert"". ABC News. 2008-Present. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  25. ↑ "College Costs". CNN. April 14, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Where should students be searching for scholarships?". USA Today. October 14, 2011.
  27. ↑ "What are common mistakes on the financial aid application?". US News & World Report. January 25, 2012.
  28. ↑ "Most Common Scholarship Scams". The Huffington Post. January 31, 2012.
  29. ↑ "In the Life Media Screening Event". Democratic Underground. October 25, 2010.
  30. ↑ "WSJ On Campus Presents Free Webcast: Inside The Admissions Office". PR Newswire. November 23, 2010.
  31. ↑ "A High School for the 21st Century". McGraw-Hill Research Foundation. September 29, 2010.
  32. ↑ "Crunchbase: Jordan Goldman". Retrieved February 9, 2015.

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