Richard Price (entrepreneur)

Richard Price is a British entrepreneur and the founder of the academic social network and open-access publishing website, Academia.edu.[2][3]

Richard Price
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
OccupationEntrepreneur, business executive
Known forFounder and CEO, Academia.edu[1]

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.[2][4] Price was awarded a prize fellowship of All Souls College in 2004.[5] 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.[4] In 2006, he created a Facebook application that allowed people to rate their friends' photos, which was Facebook's top app for nine months.[6] 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[7] venture capitalists and moved to San Francisco, California, where he officially launched Academia.edu in September 2008.[8][9][10]

In 2014, the 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.[11][12]

References
  1. Weir, David (October 2, 2012). "Academia.edu, a Social Network for Academics and a Free Publishing Platform, May Change Science Research". 7x7.
  2. Leuty, Ron (June 4, 2014). "'Open Science' Finds Disruptive Home in Academia.edu". San Francisco Business Times.
  3. Knapp, Alex (August 19, 2012). "Who's Reading and Using Scientific Papers? Academia Will Find Out". Forbes.
  4. Price, Richard. "The Story of Academia.edu" (PDF). Oxford Philosophy. 11.
  5. Wainright, Tom (January 8, 2005). "The Most Glittering Prize". The Telegraph.
  6. Rao, Srikumar (October 18, 2013). "The Story Behind a Radical new Idea: A Social Network for Academia". Inc.
  7. Shema, Hada (October 31, 2012). "Interview With Richard Price, Academia.edu CEO". Scientific American.
  8. "Academia.edu Founder, Richard Price Convinces 4.1 Million Academics to Accelerate the World's Research". YFS Magazine. September 4, 2013.
  9. Shah, Semil (January 24, 2013). "In the Studio With Richard Price". TechCrunch.
  10. Shankland, Stephen (September 26, 2013). "Academia.edu Raises Funds to Build a Facebook For Scientists". CNet.
  11. Parr, Chris (June 12, 2014). "Sharing is a Way of Life for Millions on Academia.edu". Times Higher Education.
  12. Tweney, Dylan (June 6, 2014). "Watch This Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry Evaporate Overnight". Venture Beat.
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