[acjohnson55]

I think the tutoring industry is a readily attackable problem. It might not be just like BnB inns, but there are plenty of varied markets that companies have cracked. Freelancing markets, used good auction sites, and all sorts of other examples abound. The fact that the tutoring industry has its own really tricky wrinkles just means that it takes a team uniquely attuned to the market to pull it off. Maybe they just didn't have the right ideas or execution. As a founder, if you're not bringing your own runway, you only get so many missteps. I'd bet on someone breaking this market open sooner or later.