Spokeo

Pivoting From Social Media Aggregator To $6M/Month People Search Tool

April 24th, 2020
Harrison Tang
Founder, Spokeo
$6M
revenue/mo
4
Founders
169
Employees
Spokeo
from Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
started January 2006
$6,000,000
revenue/mo
4
Founders
169
Employees
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is Harrison, and I am the CEO and Co-Founder of Spokeo. We are a people information service that helps over 15 million users a month to search and connect with others. Whether it’s finding long-lost families and friends, or helping people research before they date, we organize over 14 billion records into easy-to-understand reports so that we can make trust a little easier.

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

I studied both Electrical Engineering and Economics for undergrad at Stanford. I studied Electrical Engineering for a Master's at Stanford as well.

I started Spokeo in 2006 with several college roommates, including our CTO Mike Daly and CIO Eric Liang, in my...

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