Collectors Weekly’s been around for a couple of years now; we’re proud of what we’ve done so far, but there’s lots more to do.

One of the biggest questions in our field has been how to get younger people involved in collecting. I’m happy to say that when we started The Collectors Weekly in 2007, the median age of our team was 19. The youngest, our CTO (Chief Technology Officer) Andrew Sutherland, was 17, a junior in high school – he’s now contributed more to advancing the knowledge of collectors than almost anyone I know.

In addition to his work on Collectors Weekly, Andrew also built another website, Quizlet.com, a free educational study site (online flash cards) for high school and college students. What an awesome example of innovation – built by a high school sophomore with persistence and passion and smarts, this site now serves over a million students a month.

Fast forward to today’s news: both Collectorsweekly.com and Quizlet.com are now part of a new company Andrew and I have created called Old School Industries LLC.

Why call it Old School? Because though we’re using modern technology and we aren’t really that old, we believe in “getting things right” the old fashioned way. Sweating the details. Trying to make visitors happy one at a time. Producing a quality product.

Nothing about Collectorsweekly.com will change – same management, some people, same features. But we’re excited to have Quizlet.com in the family. If you know a high school or college student or a teacher (or if you’re studying something yourself), absolutely have them check out Quizlet. Its a great way to study a language, prepare for a test, learn almost anything.

Anyhow, hope you had a great Thanksgiving. I’m thankful for a lot, including the chance to work with Andrew and the rest of our great team on these websites. There’s never a dull moment!