Biography:Richard Price (entrepreneur)
Richard Price | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, business executive |
| Known for | Founder and CEO, Academia.edu |
| Website | oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice |
Richard Price is a British entrepreneur and the founder of Academia.edu, a for-profit academic social network and open-access publishing website.[1][2]
Career
Price was born and raised in England and attended the University of Oxford, studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St. Catherine's College, continuing with a BPhil and DPhil in Philosophy.[1][3] Price was awarded a prize fellowship of All Souls College in 2004.[4] During his time at Oxford, Price started "Richard's Banana Bakery", a banana cake delivery service for cafes before starting "Dashing Lunches", which sold sandwiches to consumers directly. He also founded LiveOut, a database of student rental properties in Oxford.[3] In 2006, he created a Facebook application that allowed people to rate their friends' photos, which was Facebook's top app for nine months.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, Price became frustrated with the time it took to get his work peer-reviewed and published and decided to create a platform in which academics could publish, peer review, and distribute their work. In 2007, Price raised $600,000 from London-based[6] venture capitalists and moved to San Francisco , California , where he officially launched Academia.edu in September 2008.[7][8][9] In 2014, the Academia.edu website had over 10 million registered users who uploaded more than 2.9 million papers. By 2016, the company had raised $17.7 million in funding.[10][11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leuty, Ron (June 4, 2014). "'Open Science' Finds Disruptive Home in Academia.edu". San Francisco Business Times. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/biotech/2014/06/academia-open-science-elsevier.html?page=all.
- ↑ Knapp, Alex (August 19, 2012). "Who's Reading and Using Scientific Papers? Academia Will Find Out". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/08/19/whos-reading-and-using-scientific-papers-academia-will-find-out/#54f34e9d4903.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Price, Richard. "The Story of Academia.edu". Oxford Philosophy 11. http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/magazine/Oxford%20Philosophy%2011.pdf.
- ↑ Wainright, Tom (January 8, 2005). "The Most Glittering Prize". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3348373/The-most-glittering-prize.html.
- ↑ Rao, Srikumar (October 18, 2013). "The Story Behind a Radical new Idea: A Social Network for Academia". Inc.. http://www.inc.com/srikumar-rao/richard-price-academia-edu-users.html.
- ↑ Shema, Hada (October 31, 2012). "Interview With Richard Price, Academia.edu CEO". Scientific American. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/interview-with-richard-price-academia-edu-ceo/.
- ↑ "Academia.edu Founder, Richard Price Convinces 4.1 Million Academics to Accelerate the World's Research". YFS Magazine. September 4, 2013. http://yfsmagazine.com/2013/09/04/founder-richard-price/.
- ↑ Shah, Semil (January 24, 2013). "In the Studio With Richard Price". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/24/in-the-studio-academia-edus-richard-price-is-a-founder-on-a-mission/.
- ↑ Shankland, Stephen (September 26, 2013). "Academia.edu Raises Funds to Build a Facebook For Scientists". CNet. https://www.cnet.com/news/academia-edu-raises-funds-to-build-a-facebook-for-scientists/.
- ↑ Parr, Chris (June 12, 2014). "Sharing is a Way of Life for Millions on Academia.edu". Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sharing-is-a-way-of-life-for-millions-on-academiaedu/2013839.article#.
- ↑ Tweney, Dylan (June 6, 2014). "Watch This Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry Evaporate Overnight". Venture Beat. https://venturebeat.com/2014/06/06/dylans-desk-watch-this-multi-billion-dollar-industry-evaporate-overnight/.
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