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founder , Fark.com (Owner)
http://www.fark.com
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Business owner
Member since: February 13, 2008
With his website Fark.com, Drew Curtis has built a global community based around news and, due to ad revenue, Fark.com has become one of the most successful online ventures today. Drew has an exciting (and humorous) message on how media sources can grow audience and attract advertisers by building a loyal online community.
Fark's concept: community members submit links to news stories that are notable, weird, stupid or hilarious, offering their own (usually funny) headlines; then other users comment on the stories.
Fark successfully targets the Net Generation through community engagement: not content to merely observe today's headlines, Fark gives these new and active consumers the chance to rewrite the headlines and voice their opinions in a public forum.
With nearly 2 million views a day, Fark is one of the Top 100 English-language sites on the web.
Drew is the author of It's not News; It's Fark. Pre-ordering for the book was so successful, it peaked at #12 on Amazon's nonfiction bestseller list, proving that user-driven content creates strong customer loyalty.
Drew has graced the cover of Business 2.0, was featured in Time magazine, and has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NPR and other media outlets.
| 1991 - 1995 Luther College , BA , Computer Science |
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10 years in February. Very few companies with heavy VC investments will survive this, just like last time
on Wall Street's crisis differs for Net stocks (September 18, 2008)
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This means that all these bullshit 2.0 companies won't get their next round of funding. Makes my life a lot more peaceful in 12-18 months. Same thing happened last time, we were around back then too
on Wall Street's crisis differs for Net stocks (September 17, 2008)
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The push toward putting comments on the same footing as blog posts is motivated by a desire to convince advertisers they're worth the same for ad-spending purposes
on Special: The new news model (black &white) (July 01, 2008)
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He's right about the competition thing. If they do turn out the be like funny or die, people will watch both. The only way to lose your online audience is to suck
on The Laugh Factory to compete with Funnyordie.com, sort of (June 13, 2008)
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scam
on Zilok taps into multi-level 'viral' marketing (May 20, 2008)
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