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Niche
Niche may refer to: Science *Developmental niche, a concept for understanding the cultural context of child development *Ecological niche, a term describing the relational position of an organism's species *Niche differentiation, in ecology, the process by which competing species use the environment differently in a way that helps them to coexist *Niche market, in economics, the process by which competing companies divide the market in a way that helps them to coexist *Niche (protein structural motif) *Stem-cell niche, the necessary cellular environment of a stem cell Other uses *Bassline (music genre), a type of music related to UK garage also called Niche *Niche (architecture), an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size ** A cell of a columbarium for a cremation urn *Niche (company), an Internet search and review service *Niche (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Niche'' (video game), a 2017 video game *Niche market, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niche (company)
Niche.com, formerly known as College Prowler, is an American company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that runs a ranking and review site. The company was founded by Luke Skurman in 2002 as a publisher of print guidebooks on US colleges, but is now an online resource providing information on K–12 schools, colleges, cities, neighborhoods, and companies across the United States. History Niche, Inc. was founded as College Prowler in August 2002 by Luke Skurman and Joey Rahimi. Then students at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, they spun the company out of a project in their entrepreneurship class. In 2004, the small company obtained an investment of from Glen Meakem, who became the chairman. In 2005, College Prowler was recognized by Fast Company for being one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the nation. Originally, the company produced print guidebooks, but by 2007 their content was made available online for a subscription fee, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |