Student Brands (formerly StudyMode) is a
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County, officially the County of Los Angeles, and sometimes abbreviated as L.A. County, is the most populous county in the United States and in the U.S. state of California, with 9,861,224 residents estimated as of 2022. It is the ...
-based company that owns and operates a network of educational websites and applications.
Student Brands’s network of websites includes StudyMode.com, where students can download model
essays and
term papers, book notes and
AP notes;
Cram.com
Cram.com (formerly known as Flashcard Exchange) is a web-based application for creating, studying, and sharing flashcards. Users on Cram.com have created over 68 million flashcards.
History
Cram.com was launched by StudyMode after it acquired F ...
, where students can share and review
flashcards
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; and Cite.com, a
citation generator and
bibliography
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builder.
The company also owns several international websites includin
BuenasTareas.com a Spanish-language version of StudyMode.com
Etudier.com the French version, an
TrabalhosFeitos.com the Portuguese version. The company acquired and re-launched websites including
Bartleby.com, Monografias.com, and 123HelpMe.com.
Student Brands was founded by Blaine Vess and Chris Nelson in 1999 when they re-launched the website, OPPapers.com. The company was originally run out of a
dorm room
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at
North Central College.
By 2007, revenues and profits exceeded .
Todd Clemens joined the company in 2008.
The company subsequently grew through the acquisitions and international site launches. Its portfolio now includes more than a dozen websites in several languages and reaches about 2.5 million visitors per day.
Annual revenues exceed $10 million.
For more than a decade, the co-founders ran the company out of Vess’s home with about thirty
remote contractors.
In 2011, the company moved into a physical office in
West Hollywood
West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 35,757. It is considered one of the most ...
. In 2015, the company moved again to the
Taft Building in Hollywood and then moved once again to its current location in th
PacMutualbuilding in Downtown Los Angeles. It now has over 60 employees.
Acquisition
Student Brands was acquired by
Barnes & Noble Education in August 2017 for $58.5 million.
Learneo acquired Student Brands from Barnes & Noble Education in May 2023.
References
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Publishing companies established in 1999
1999 establishments in California
Companies based in West Hollywood, California