Location: 1001 Elwell Court, Palo Alto, California, United States, 94303,

Founded in: 2004
Stage: Revenue generating
Number of employees: 16-30
Short URL: vator.co/topix

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Topix LLC

Topix
Startup/business
California, United States

http://www.topix.com

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Company description

Topix is the largest news community on the web, connecting people to the information and discussions that matter to them in every U.S. town and city. A Top 20 news destination (Hitwise, July 2007), Topix turns passive news into active dialogue through a scalable forum system and an active community editing platform.

Team

Amy Dalton | Team member

Chris Tolles | Team member

Business model

Topix is an ad-supported news site. Topix also partners with web publishers -- media companies, ISPs and more -- to syndicate forums, classifieds and news feeds.

Competitive advantage

Topix is the only news site to provide local news for all 32,500 ZIP codes in the U.S.

Topix LLC was featured in a VatorNews article: "White House to answer State of Union queries on Quora"

Another first in pulling in the social media world, the Obama White House offers to answer questions – Read more

Topix LLC was featured in a VatorNews article: "Groupon's model: Irrational, but it works"

Why Topix CEO Chris Tolles thinks Groupon will succeed despite the quirkiness of its business model – Read more

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Topix LLC was featured in a VatorNews article: "White House to answer State of Union queries on Quora"

Another first in pulling in the social media world, the Obama White House offers to answer questions – Read more

Topix LLC was featured in a VatorNews article: "Groupon's model: Irrational, but it works"

Why Topix CEO Chris Tolles thinks Groupon will succeed despite the quirkiness of its business model – Read more