"Lessons from a Bootstrapped Entrepreneur"

Ramit Varma to Give Whiting-Turner Business and Entrepreneurial Lecture

MEDIA ADVISORY  October 5, 2011

CONTACT:
Melissa Corley
301 405 6501
mcorley@umd.edu

Ramit Varma '96

WHAT: "Lessons from a Bootstrapped Entrepreneur" -- Bootstrapping a company is probably the riskiest way to go about starting a business – but ultimately the most rewarding. Managing and building a business as it moves from a cash flow focus to an equity generation focus is a long path and one with many potential missteps along the way. In this lecture, Revolution Prep co-founder Ramit Varma will provide his insights on what works – and just as importantly what doesn’t work – when building a business in this fashion. For more information: www.eng.umd.edu/whitingturner

WHO: Ramit Varma (B.S. '96, electrical engineering) is CEO and co-founder of Revolution Prep. The company offers online SAT prep, private, online and in-person tutoring, exit exam preparation, and instructional technologies in the areas of mathematics and English-language arts.

WHEN: Thursday, October 6, 2011
5 - 6 p.m. lecture, preceded by reception at 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: 1110 Kim Engineering Building
A. James Clark School of Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, Md.