Student Brands (formerly StudyMode) is a

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-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

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and term papers, book notes and AP notes; Cram.com, where students can share and review

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; and Cite.com, a citation generator and

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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

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, 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

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. 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

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. In 2015, the company moved again to the Taft Building in Hollywood and then moved once again to its current location in th
PacMutual
building in Downtown Los Angeles. It now has over 60 employees.

Acquisition

Student Brands was acquired by

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in August 2017 for $58.5 million. Learneo acquired Student Brands from Barnes & Noble Education in May 2023.

References

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