CLAYTON (KMOX) -- A start-up that began in a Washington University dorm room is now valued at $1.7 billion and going public. It's the largest tech company to grow out of St. Louis thus far and its first "unicorn."
A "unicorn" is what they call start-ups valued at more than a billion dollars.
Founder and CEO Chuck Cohn, in an interview with KMOX's Michael Calhoun, says Nerdy has a chance to define the upcoming revolution in education.
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Cohn also says the so-called 'YOLO' stock swings, like of GameStop, didn't play any role in the timing of Nerdy going public because he's only looking long-term.
He says he'd be honored if Nerdy's success helps legitimize St. Louis as a tech start-up center to the rest of the country