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MARCH 20, 2009

Scour is an offshoot of a PPC advertising firm, ABCSearch, which was also founded by Dan. Users can vote for relevancy of results, and over time, the non-relevant information or SEO moves down below the line. What's the business model behind the site--it looks like this is advertising driven? How is the company funded?

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APRIL 14, 2010

I started looking to sell ModernMom and do something strategic a few years ago when I saw that there was a shift in the mom space, where advertisers and brand partners were moving from targeting mass numbers of people, towards niche sites. How's this new venture funded--and actually, how was ModernMom funded? I was very lucky.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

We've also got SEO feed pages. Because we have a large, structured database, we are using SEO to feed content to the search engines. How are you funded and backed? We were funded a little over a year ago, which allowed us to get past some key milestones and get a higher valuation. It's a double viral loop.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The company recently raised a round of funding from Santa Barbara-based ScOps Venture Capital. If a tutor were to go out and try to advertise like we do, they would go under, and they'd lose money right away. I did a cold outreach to Kevin, and funny enough, he told me something like SEO would never work.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Once they decide which YouTubers to hire, they can fund that video production. Those funds are held in escrow, so it''s safe for both sides. We tell those brands, it''s great to have one viral video, but you can achieve a lot more reach and content with SEO value, if you work with lots of smaller creators. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

I was in advertising and marketing, working in Newport Beach on the Mazda account. We're self funded as our own angel investor, and we thought based on the numbers in Hawaii it would be a nice sideline. How is the company funded? Billy Fried: It's self funded, and I've invested about $300,000 to date.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

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