Maybe not yet, but the man behind the up and coming site already knows a recipe for success: a little hard work and determination.

After MU business student Cary Silverman missed a week of classes last year, he began to wonder if any tools existed to help him jump back into his studies.

Silverman looked for a site where he could talk to classmates and swap notes. Some say you can find anything on the internet.

"And so I said, well wait a minute, there's no website, I think it's a good idea," said Silverman.

Where there's a will, there's a way. GradeGenie.com is Silverman's newest business venture. It serves as a notes-sharing site for students on college campuses across the country.

"This site is not a substitute," explains Silverman. "It's a supplement."

Silverman knows there's no substitute for hard work when you want to succeed. Life wasn't supposed to be easy for Silverman. At 9 years old, doctors told him he would be crippled by the time he got to college. But it was his determination that kept him going.

"I'm not going to let someone tell me if I'm going to be crippled or not," defended Silverman. 

It was a misdiagnosis, but then he was re-diagnosed with Crohn's Disease, an inflammation of the intestines that kept him out of school for 96 days. But even at nine, Silverman knew anyone can do anything they want to.

That's why Silverman started his first business venture, a decade before Grade-Genie. Silverman began mowing lawns to stay active and keep his disease in check.

"When someone tells me that I can't excel in something because of an age, because of my size, because of the way I look or anything like that, that is nothing but a motivator to do better," Silverman said.

His lawn business boomed and by the time he could drive, Silverman had nine full time employees.

"There's nothing more rewarding than to be presented with a challenge, overcome that challenge, and look behind you, and look down the mountain, if you will, and say, look what I just did,"said Silverman.

Now ten years later, Silverman works to keep his Crohn's under control and steps up to face a new challenge.

"Let's get a site, let's change the academics, let's become one unit instead of individual students, let's become a student body, let's help each other and let's succeed together," stated Silverman.

Grade-Genie is still a work in progress but the speed bumps along the way haven't held Silverman back. Even though the future of Grade-Genie may still be a question mark, Silverman is a bona fide success story and his friends know he can do anything.

If you're interested in signing up for Grade-Genie or have ideas on ways to improve the Web site, make sure to click on the attached links for this story.