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- ↑ "Zibtek Archives - Techstars". www.techstars.com. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07.
- ↑ "Chegg Buys Zinch in Another Move Toward a "Social Education Platform"". allthingsd.com . Retrieved 11 July 2016.