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04-21-2017, 10:12 PM
Turns out there's a lot of money in reliable answers to the internet's questions
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How much is credible, factual, internet-based information worth?
A lot, evidently.*
Question-and-answer website Quora has raised a fresh round of $85 million dollars in its quest to become the go-to resource for people with questions — and people with answers.*
The round values the company at roughly $1.8 billion, according to a company spokesperson (who said that the valuation had roughly doubled from its previous valuation of $900 million).*
Quora launched privately in 2009 but and quickly drew buzz in the tech community in part because it was started by two well-respected early Facebook employees (https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/21/quoras-highly-praised-qa-service-launches-to-the-public-and-the-real-test-begins/). The website opened to the public in 2010, serving as something of a high-end message board where people can ask questions and get solid answers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/21/quora-raises-85-million/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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How much is credible, factual, internet-based information worth?
A lot, evidently.*
Question-and-answer website Quora has raised a fresh round of $85 million dollars in its quest to become the go-to resource for people with questions — and people with answers.*
The round values the company at roughly $1.8 billion, according to a company spokesperson (who said that the valuation had roughly doubled from its previous valuation of $900 million).*
Quora launched privately in 2009 but and quickly drew buzz in the tech community in part because it was started by two well-respected early Facebook employees (https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/21/quoras-highly-praised-qa-service-launches-to-the-public-and-the-real-test-begins/). The website opened to the public in 2010, serving as something of a high-end message board where people can ask questions and get solid answers.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/21/quora-raises-85-million/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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