Jack Herrick

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Jack Herrick
Jack Herrick at Maker Faire.jpg
Herrick appearing at Maker Faire in 2009
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forOwning wikiHow
WebsitewikiHow.com

Jack Herrick is an American entrepreneur and wiki enthusiast. His entrepreneurial projects include wikiHow, eHow, Luminescent Technologies, and BigTray.

Early life and education[]

Herrick attended Crystal Springs Uplands School and is a 1991 graduate of Stanford University, where he studied history. He was an associate at McKinsey and Company and later studied at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.[1][better source needed]

Career[]

In January 2005, Herrick started wikiHow with the goal of creating "the how-to guide for everything"[2][3] because "providing people with a practical education is one of the most empowering things you can offer a person."[4] As of December 2009, wikiHow was read by 20 million visitors per month.[5] At wikiHow, Herrick was noted for introducing opt-out advertising,[6][7] co-developing the Universal Edit Button,[8] building a collaborative online environment,[9] and combining business with social good.[10] Herrick founded and funded wikiHow himself from the beginning, making it one of the most popular sites on the Internet.[11]

Prior to starting wikiHow, Herrick ran eHow, a popular how-to website now owned by Demand Media. He bought eHow together with Josh Hannah in 2004. Between 2004 and 2006, it became the largest pure-play how-to site on the web, growing 30 times in traffic and revenue. Herrick sold eHow in 2006 to Demand Media[11] after concluding the wiki method of content creation would ultimately produce higher quality work. He described the difference between eHow and wikiHow as "eating a McDonald's burger vs. a wonderful, home cooked meal."[12]

Herrick is also on the Board of Directors for StatusNet, an open source microblogging company, and the Board of Advisors for Mixer Labs, a startup acquired by Twitter. Prior to focusing on building how-to manuals, Herrick was a co-founder of Luminescent Technologies, a computational semiconductor lithography company, and BigTray, an online marketplace for restaurant supplies. In 2002, Herrick co-founded Luminescent together with Dan Abrams, El Yablonoitch and Stan Osher. The company has received more than $25 Million in venture capital.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackherrick/
  2. ^ Levine, Robert (4 September 2006). "New York Times: New Web Sites Seeking Profit in Wiki Model". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ^ https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/239980
  4. ^ "WikiNews: Jack Herrick, wikiHow founder interviewed". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  5. ^ "TechCrunch: WikiHow Gets Pretty, And Hits 20 Million Monthly Visitors". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  6. ^ Taylor, Marisa (30 January 2009). "Wall Street Journal: Turning the Ads Off". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  7. ^ "WebProNews: Can Your Business Benefit By Letting Users Hide Ads?". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  8. ^ "WebMonkey: Wikis Rally Around Universal Edit Button". Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  9. ^ "San Jose Mercury News: WikiHow tries to help". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  10. ^ "SocialBrite: Incentives for Doing Good". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Jack Herrick - Founder and CEO @ wikiHow - Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  12. ^ "ReadWriteWeb: wikiHow vs. eHow: Is the Wiki Way Better Than Content Farms". Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.


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