Company | Services | Difficulties/ Developments |
Bigwords.com | Textbook sales | Out of Business |
eScore | Supplementary education | Layoffs |
Highwired.com | Web sites for schools | Layoffs, expanded focus |
MaMaMedia | Web site for children | Layoffs |
Simplexis.com | School purchasing | Layoffs |
Smarterkids.com | Sales of educational toys | Merged with Earlychildhood.com |
Varsity Group | Textbook sales, college marketing | Layoffs, stock faces NASDAQ delisting |
Wwwrrr | Software, Web sites for schools | Out of business |
ZapMe! | Ad-sponsored computer labs | Changed focus to corporate clients |
A version of this article appeared in the January 24, 2001 edition of Education Week