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Founded by Rich Bendis

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I’m co-founder of LendEDU, an online loan marketplace. We launched the business in 2014 and have since grown it to to seven figures in annual revenue.

My co-founder and I started the company while still in college, so it wasn’t like we could mortgage our homes in order to get the cash needed. Nor could we, as first-time entrepreneurs, rely our on our track-records.

Finding funding outside of Silicon Valley isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible either.