}  Large class sizes inhibit students’ ability to connect

}  Why is this a problem? }  Students in large classes, but also anyone

uncomfortable asking strangers for academic help may have this problem

}  You need people’s names and faces first for a Facebook page, and Carmen is inflexible and doesn’t allow students to start discussions

}  Directly facilitating connections

}  Why not make it a facebook app?

}  Startup costs: small investments

}  After that: local businesses pay to advertise on the app

}  Free to users

}  Initial start up: Professors promote

}  Local businesses advertise

}  Planning stage

}  Seeking investors and several willing gen-ed professors

}  Expand to other universities

}  Investors

}  Professors

}  Mobile Developers