A friend I've known for close to 20 years started one of my favorite new companies in the last couple of years: Flat World Knowledge. It is an amazing business created to preserve the best of the old - books by leading experts, rigorously reviewed and developed to the highest standards. Then they flip it all on its head.
Their books are free online. They offer convenient, low-cost choices for students – softcovers for under $30, audio books and chapters, self-print options, and more. The books are open for instructors to modify and make their own (for their own course - not for anybody else's). And the books are the hub of a social learning network where students learn from the book and each other.
Flat World Knowledge. Because great minds are evenly distributed. Great textbooks are not. Until Now.
They're looking for a smart, creative and experienced internet marketing professional to run a dynamic and evolving marketing organization in a truly disruptive business. You will be part of a fast-moving, entrepreneurial team looking to change an industry through a new approach to dynamic publishing of textbooks and related materials. Check out the attached job description.