Monday, April 21, 2008

Start-ups try to make student loan market more manageable

Yesterday's Globe column focused on start-ups trying to build businesses in the turbulent student loan market:

    "As a start-up, you either have to figure out how to change the world, or wait for things to happen organically," says Kevin Walker, cofounder and chief executive of Newton-based Simple Tuition Inc., an online service that helps students compare various loan options. The growing challenge of piecing together college financing, Walker believes, could help accelerate that organic change.


Story also deals with College Loan Market and Fynanz.

Here's the video, in which Walker offers some advice to students and parents who're currently wrangling with college financing.

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