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]
Richard Price | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | St Catherine's College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, business executive |
| Known for | Founder and CEO, Academia.edu |
| Website | oxford.academia.edu/RichardPrice |
Career
editPrice 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
edit- ^ a b Leuty, Ron (4 June 2014). "'Open Science' Finds Disruptive Home in Academia.edu". San Francisco Business Times.
- ^ Knapp, Alex (19 August 2012). "Who's Reading and Using Scientific Papers? Academia Will Find Out". Forbes.
- ^ a b Price, Richard. "The Story of Academia.edu" (PDF). Oxford Philosophy. 11.
- ^ Wainright, Tom (8 January 2005). "The Most Glittering Prize". The Telegraph.
- ^ Rao, Srikumar (18 October 2013). "The Story Behind a Radical new Idea: A Social Network for Academia". Inc.
- ^ Shema, Hada (31 October 2012). "Interview With Richard Price, Academia.edu CEO". Scientific American.
- ^ "Academia.edu Founder, Richard Price Convinces 4.1 Million Academics to Accelerate the World's Research". YFS Magazine. 4 September 2013.
- ^ Shah, Semil (24 January 2013). "In the Studio With Richard Price". TechCrunch.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen (26 September 2013). "Academia.edu Raises Funds to Build a Facebook For Scientists". CNet.
- ^ Parr, Chris (12 June 2014). "Sharing is a Way of Life for Millions on Academia.edu". Times Higher Education.
- ^ Tweney, Dylan (6 June 2014). "Watch This Multi-Billion-Dollar Industry Evaporate Overnight". Venture Beat.