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About Eleven Learning
The Firm
Eleven Learning builds tools to help college textbook authors bypass the big publishers and make better, cheaper books. Its first offering, currently in beta, is a new reading interface for online textbooks. For more information about our product plans, please refer to our page for authors.
Eleven Learning is a privately held corporation. It was founded in 2009 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Team
Andrew BenderPresident, Co-Founder
Andrew is responsible for strategy, marketing, and overall operations of Eleven Learning. He held a similar role as general manager of Alloy Inc’s Sconex business unit. There he ran SugarLoot.com, a social network with around 1 million registered users. He has also worked at BrassRing (now Kenexa), RealNetworks, SureBridge (now Navisite), and KPMG. Andrew received his AB from Dartmouth and his MBA from Kellogg.
Dev PurkayasthaDirector of Technology, Co-Founder
Dev is in charge of the development and ongoing operation of Eleven Learning’s website and technical infrastructure. He held a similar position at Sconex, where he led the team that built SugarLoot.com from the ground up. Dev has also worked for numerous startups, including Auburn Quad (now Grassroots Giving Group) and BzzAgent. Dev has an AB from Harvard.