The Eduventures 100: Leading Businesses Transforming the Education Economy

The Eduventures 100: Leading Businesses Transforming the Education Economy highlights key players in the rapidly expanding for-profit sector of the U.S. economy and offers a glimpse of new models for delivering learning in the pre-K-12, postsecondary and corporate training markets.

Profiled companies represent a broad array of businesses - early stage e-learning ventures, subsidiaries and divisions of larger education and high tech companies, established education players, strategic investors and global consulting firms - that will shape the evolution of learning and education products and services delivered to institutions, corporations, governments and individuals.

By compiling an analytical snapshot of these businesses in one study, Eduventures hopes to create an effective business development and market research resource for executives, financial services professionals and institutional administrators. For each company selected for The Eduventures 100, Eduventures has compiled a profile that includes the following details:

Brief narrative describing the business and the factors meriting its inclusion
Selected business highlights in 2000 and 2001
Key issues impacting the future performance of the business
List of notable partners and leading competitors
Financial highlights in 2000, including venture capital details for private companies
Names of leading executives and company contact information

In addition to the profiles, the study includes interviews with notable executives leading Eduventures 100 businesses, including Thomson Learning's Bob Christie, Simplexis' Lamar Alexander and Centra's Leon Navickas. The insights and experiences shared by these industry visionaries will aid business leaders in navigating the opportunities and challenges facing their own organizations.