uSphere Rolls Out Parent Portal

uSphere, the Evanston-based company whose platform exposes Colleges to Students and Students to Colleges via proprietary matching technology, has been delving deeper into the information side of things lately as evidenced by the roll out of their parent portal.

They’ve used the information they’ve gleaned through building their business to provide parents with a pretty comprehensive guide to the process from a parent’s perspective; everything from planning for college, to paying for college, to finding the right schools and choosing between them.

We think this is a pretty important feature to highlight here as its a great example of what companies with web-based services can do to provide more value to their users and bring more people into the site. The line between content site and webapp is blurring and the companies that are combining both are finding out that it works pretty well.

(uSphere Company Profile)

Posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 7:43 pm | Filed in Chicago, Companies, Front Page. Comments Feed

uSphere

usphere.pnguSphere helps students to get their application seen by colleges and allows Colleges to find students they may not have otherwise found via the application process. With the aid of a proprietary matching tool they’ve created one central spot for interaction between colleges and students with the aim of lowering costs for everyone involved.

People: Dave Van de Walle
Funding: Founder
Status: Privately Held
Website: http://www.usphere.com
Blog: http://ublog.usphere.com
Location: Evanston, IL

Posted on Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 4:48 pm | Filed in Chicago, Companies, Internet. Comments Feed