Green Business: Saving Money Vs. Making Money

When University of Minnesota graduate Osman Rashid and Iowa State University graduate Aayush Phumbhra decided to start a business, their objective was simply to save college students money. Their company, Chegg.com, based in Santa Clara, Calif., enables college students nationwide to rent used textbooks in order to save money on course materials.

As the business grew, Rashid and Phumbhra realized that they could save more than students' cash. They could help the environment, as well. "We saw that we had this big opportunity to create a reuse model for college textbooks," says Rashid, CEO of Chegg.com. "Textbooks don't change every semester. They change maybe once every three years, allowing students to reuse a book."

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[wolfgangmo]

06:58 PM on 08/31/2008

Let's not forget the house and senate races as well. We need solid majorities in each. Progressives are necessary. Much more so than more blue dog democrats.

[Dan1967]

01:10 AM on 08/26/2008

McCain will be 72 years old this Friday and his policies are the same policies as Bush. Do you want 4 more years of the same old policies that have our country in the mess that it is in now?

McCain is for NAFTA, and Obama is against NAFTA. Barack Obama will keep jobs in our country and he will fight for the rights of American workers.

McCain owns 7 houses and he will give tax breaks only to the richest of Americans who make over 200,000 per year. Barack Obama will give tax breaks to the middle class and the poor.

Will McCain have a military draft if he is elected President? He can't have a 100 year war without a military draft.

The Republicans are the party of the rich and the rich oil companies. The Democrats are the party of the people. Get to the polls in November and vote for Barack Obama and lets get a win for the people!

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AND LETS GET A DEMOCRAT WIN IN NOVEMBER!