improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages a major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources scholarbuys news newspapers books scholar jstor free images february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message scholarbuys llc type private industry software education founded 2007 1 headquarters carpentersville illinois united states 1 key people matt ryan and bob smith co founders 2 revenue 9.6 million 2011 1 number of employees 10 1 website www.scholarbuys.com scholarbuys is an academic marketing company located in carpentersville illinois co founded by matt ryan and bob smith . 3 scholarbuys uses group buying to leverage economies of scale in software licensing . 3 company revenues doubled between 2008 and 2010 and the firm has launched an offshoot brand varsitybuys which targets students rather than college administrators . 3 in illinois the company handles software licensing for over 50 colleges and universities although the firm s reach is national . 3 the company entered into a partnership in 2011 with the federation of independent illinois colleges and universities . 4 scholarbuys is an autodesk authorized academic reseller . 5 in 2012 scholarbuys was named to inc magazine s inc5000 list including a ranking at 41 on the top 100 companies in education . 1 see also edit academic software pricing references edit a b c d e company profile scholarbuys . mansueto ventures llc . kalmar melanie . tech reseller finds strength in numbers . sun times media llc . a b c d chinwah larissa january 26 2011 . economic downturn not at this business . daily herald . retrieved february 22 2013 . cadwallader naomi 30 june 2011 . scholarbuys announces new illinois higher education partnership . chicago tribune . retrieved 24 february 2013 . mott shirley . scholarbuys named autodesk authorized academic reseller . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title scholarbuys & oldid 733207548 categories marketing companies of the united statescompanies based in kane county illinoisamerican companies established in 20072007 establishments in illinoistechnology companies established in 2007hidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from february 2013articles with topics of unclear notability from february 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilityorphaned articles from august 2016all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 august 2016 at 05 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view