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