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title: "Franchise Times: Sylvan Learning Utilizes Technology With SylvanSync Program"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/00f68725-2421-4830-a991-92dd3571943c
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-sylvan-learning-utilizes-technology-with-sylvansync-program-7084
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2016-10-31T20:15:29.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:55.022Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/2a06ea15cdf9e774bc3d0feff58d65ca8211.jpg
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# Franchise Times: Sylvan Learning Utilizes Technology With SylvanSync Program

**TL;DR:** Sylvan Learning utilizes technology with its SylvanSync program to enhance tutoring services. The program allows Sylvan franchisees to set up satellite centers.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-10-31. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-sylvan-learning-utilizes-technology-with-sylvansync-program-7084).*

## Story

When Uber entered the scene in 2009, the decades long taxi business was completely thrown for a loop. Utilizing technology to create a more efficient, and cheaper, alternative to the standard cab business, Uber completely changed the landscape in that industry. Hoping to avoid the negative impact that the taxi industry faced, the franchise industry is making sure to look forward in order to avoid being run over by upstart brands like Uber, according to a recent article in the April issue of *Franchise Times*.

Sylvan Learning has utilized technology to enhance the accessibility and ease with which franchisees can provide tutoring services with their SylvanSync program. The program allows Sylvan franchisees to set up "satellite centers", and was based on research the brand did which showed that more than 50 percent of students live within a four mile radius of the brand's brick-and-mortar location, and 80 percent live up to ten miles away.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Franchise Times (publication)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- Uber (company)
- technology adoption (topic)
- education services (topic)
- franchise innovation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/franchise-times-sylvan-learning-utilizes-technology-with-sylvansync-program-7084). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/00f68725-2421-4830-a991-92dd3571943c).