Chuck Cohn, at one point in time, was a high school honors student who had a difficult time finding a tutor who was able to help him with his advanced placement classes and prepare for standardized tests. He looked all around, but the big name tutoring companies were many times over-priced and did not offer specialized services for specific classes. Furthermore, many of them did not have quality technology or material to provide. Chuck realized that there was an opportunity to create a company that offered quality tutoring through a live learning platform, while at the same time eliminating many of the costs that many times were associated with large tutoring companies. As a result, he founded Varsity Tutors in 2007. Varsity Tutors is a live learning platform that seeks to help students achieve their academic aspirations by providing personalized one-on-one instruction. They have also been able to create a database of test prep books, more than 200,000 practice questions, and answers and explanations for more than 150 subjects, which are all available at no cost to their users. As a company they aim to improve access to education by providing top level one-on-one instruction.