Private company
Southwestern Advantage
Logo: Southwestern Advantage, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
American marketing company
Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryconglomerate1
- HeadquartersNashville1
- Websitesouthwesternadvantage.com
- Legal formjoint-stock company1
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Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN. The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods. Southwestern Advantage is part of the Southwestern Family of Companies.2
Leadership
Who has led Southwestern Advantage, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chair
- ChairDave Causer Feb 2023 to now1
Products and brands
- book
- mobile app
- software
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1855Founded Founded1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- PPP loans $730.6K
Figures by year
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $730.6K | $730.6K |
PPP loans
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.
- Jan 29, 2021$730.6K PPP loan (first draw) from CapStar Bank, A Division of Old National Bank4To SOUTHWESTERN ADVANTAGE INC., Nashville TN; $735.7K forgiven Oct 18, 2021
Links
- Websitesouthwesternadvantage.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/SWA18551
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/SouthwesternAdvantage1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/southwesternadvantage1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCMNn5xgfoDyN-qy8YG1GyTQ1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/southwestern-advantage1
- WikipediaSouthwestern Advantage
- WikidataQ7571408
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 2WikipediaSouthwestern Advantage on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsSouthwestern Advantage logo by Southwestern Advantage, Public domain
- 4