Student Entrepreneur Shows Creativity
The Neeley School of Business has a strong entrepreneurial background. It seems only natural, then, for the TCU Bookstore to have some competition from one bright business student.
Horned Frog entrepreneur Josh Dennis, who founded Frogbookstore.com, and a team of three, claims to offer 20 to 60 percent discounts off the Barnes & Noble bookstore on campus and free delivery straight to the student’s door, provided it’s in the TCU area. Students just type in their course and department numbers and wait for the package to show up.
Dennis saw an area of need on campus and filled it with a savvy business idea that could give the TCU bookstore a run for its money – literally and figuratively.
Books from the university are already too expensive, and students are tired of shelling out the money for them – Daily Skiff opinion columns can attest to that – and it’s about time somebody stepped in to give students some relief from dropping the price of a down payment on a new car for books each semester.
Students should take advantage of good old American capitalism and check prices on Frogbookstore.com before emptying their wallets for books from the corner of Berry and University. At a campus that’s trying to go green, it doesn’t hurt to save some either.
Photo by Frogbookstore.com.
Jaclyn on November 6th, 2008 1:03 pm
This is so true! When i was attending college, i couldn’t believe the price of book’s, and you have no choice but to pay it, cause most professors wont let you attend until you have their book. i mean, i remember spending well over a hundred dollars on one book that was less then 300 pages long! and some classes require more then one book, or book packets and work book’s to go along with the initial book…it’s ridiculous what they charge. even the use book’s at my college (if available) were still between 60-100 for one book. and when you went back after the semester to re-sell them back to the college you were lucky to get anywhere from $1.00- $20.00 per book.
cassy on November 7th, 2008 11:31 pm
I agree with Jaclyn, during college, I also experienced buying books as my professors permit to inter the class, without that book you can’t attened his class.
Its good to know that they have this site that can help students in buying books with a very affordable price.
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