Knack in the News
Mobile tutoring app claims top prize at Big Idea Competition
Warrington - April 2016
Knack, a peer-to-peer tutoring mobile app, won the first-place, $25,000 grand prize at the 2016 Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition on Friday.
Mobile tutoring app wins UF "Big Idea" business contest
GainesvilleScene - Apr 25, 2016
The team of current and former University of Florida students behind a mobile -friendly tutoring app won first place and $25,000 in the 2016 Warrington College of Business' Big Idea Gator Business Plan Competition.
Poduct Hunt - April 2016
Tutoring simplified: find a tutor that aced your exact class
How Knack Makes Tutoring Suck Less
GainesvilleScene - Apr 11, 2016
When something sucks, technology moves in to make it suck less. We live in an on-demand society where solutions to our everyday problems can usually be found in the form of an app.
App helps students find tutors based on location
The Independent Florida Alligator - Feb 24, 2016
Knack, a tutoring app created by a UF student in December 2015, allows users to find other students on campus who have experience in different classes. The $20 and hour peer tutoring app will be expanding to other schools including, The University of South Florida and Florida State University, within the next year.
The Must-Use App for Acing Finals
GainesvilleScene - Dec 3, 2015
Knack, a tutoring app created by a UF student in December 2015, allows users to find other students on campus who have experience in different classes. The $20 and hour peer tutoring app will be expanding to other schools including, The University of South Florida and Florida State University, within the next year.
UF, UCF students create tutor app
The Independent Florida Alligator - Dec 1, 2015
A new Uber-style tutoring app wants to change the way students study. Students who download the app, currently only available for iPhones, enter the course in which they need tutoring and their location.
Knack: the app where students tutor students
The Odyssey - Apr 8, 2015
Many students at the University of Florida are constantly looking for tutoring services for tutoring help in difficult classes. A University of Florida graduate developed an app called Knack that enables students to be tutored by other students in any college subject.
Study Edge Meets Tinder: Gainesville has a Knack for New Business
GainesvilleScene - Feb 26, 2015
If you’re not a first-semester freshman, you know about those dreaded green and blue packets. Between Tutoring Zone and Study Edge, the market of study aids seems to be dominated by the conglomerate of corporate business.
