Boost Academy Named Semi-Finalist of CONNECT's MIP Awards Competition
Groundbreaking Math Tutoring Platform Recognized for Ingenuity and Innovation
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Boost Academy, Inc., developer of an innovative math tutoring platform, has been selected to advance to the second round of CONNECT's Most Innovative New Product (MIP) Awards Competition for 2015. MIP award winners will be announced at the 28th awards dinner on December 1, 2015. This event is CONNECT's largest and most prestigious, attracting hundreds of the region's top business leaders, researchers and innovators.
As a Semi-Finalist in the Mobile Apps category, Boost Academy will demonstrate its product to the CONNECT Selection Committee and provide an overview of how the company is launching its services nationally. The committee will determine three finalists in each of eight categories who will move on to the final judging round. Boost Academy and others will be judged on how they've enabled innovation, how they've fostered a corporate culture of innovation and how such innovation provides the company with a competitive market advantage.
"We believe our math tutoring platform is not only deeply innovative," said Boost Academy President & CEO Craig K. Collins, "but it also provides a much needed service to thousands of middle and high school students. We're able to seamlessly connect exceptional tutors to kids everywhere at a time when science and math comprehension is critical to gaining admission to the colleges of their choice, and to later securing good-paying jobs in science-and-technology intensive industries. Our tutoring platform has the capability to revolutionize how we help students achieve full comprehension in these important subjects. We thank CONNECT for recognizing the important innovation our team has achieved."
About Boost Academy, Inc.
San Diego-based Boost Academy offers students one-on-one math tutoring over the iPad. The company's patent-protected platform provides a rich, fully interactive learning experience for students to conveniently connect with their own subject-certified, personal tutor any time, anywhere. After logging into the free Boost Academy app, students and tutors speak through the iPad using a two-way, real-time whiteboard to review homework, solve problems and prepare for upcoming tests. Each session is recorded for easy playback and review. Lauded by parents and students alike, Boost Academy supports the proven notion that a regular math tutoring regimen is the best way to help students achieve confidence, comprehension and academic success. A video demonstration of the platform is available at www.boostacademy.com.
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