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12 April 2007
Sofia Loginova, 17, of Quincy High School in Boston might just be the next MySpace creators Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. Dubbed a "next generation" social networking site, Loginova launched B4Class.com in April 2007.
The new site features popular social networking features created to attract high school and college students as well as alumni, but with the added benefit of free web-based SAT and GMAT tutoring. Riding the wave of popular social networking sites such as MySpace and FaceBook, B4Class.com stands out with this free online support to students taking standardized exams, a feature planned for its functionality and ability to add frequency and "stickiness" to the site¹s community.
A shrewd young entrepreneur who came to Boston in 1999 from Russia, Loginova is a savvy high school senior who managed to juggle schoolwork with raising $200,000 in funding and negotiating licensing rights for advanced Internet technologies.
In preliminary talks with area high schools, Loginova received overwhelmingly positive feedback and signed up two high schools for participation. She also assembled a board of high school and college students to provide insight on the site’s content, design and functionality, particularly in the SAT/GMAT testing area of the website.
According to Gary Murad, a private investor in the venture, "I was truly struck by Sofia’s confidence and innate business savvy. Her strategy to compete with MySpace.com, YouTube.com, and Facebook.com is both bold and altruistic. Sofia’s mission to not only connect people, but to help students of all economic backgrounds achieve better test scores. Tutoring for standardized tests is expensive, and I applaud Sofia’s ambition and desire to make education accessible to everyone."
According to Loginova, "This is a true revolution of personal expression. Social networks provide a unique platform for people to communicate and connect in new and innovative ways. B4Class will be at the epicenter of this phenomenon, and has tremendous potential."
Loginova has been selling on Ebay since the age of 14, and is using lessons learned to build her knowledge base.
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