Here’s a little Myria primer (in third person!) for those who just tuned in:

• Two work-at-home moms, Nancy Price & Betsy Bailey*, started their own corporation in 1998, despite living more than 2000 miles apart and never having met in person.

• The original company name: Myria Media, Inc.

• The business: Producing consumer content websites, primarily geared toward women & parents. Sites launched in the first 18 months included Myria.com, ePregnancy.com, InteractiveParent.com, ChefMom.com & SheKnows.com (as well as some smaller related sites).

• The startup capital/investment: Zero. This was a shoestring startup venture, 100% sweat equity. (No outside investors even came into the picture until 2002.)

• For the first few years, the founders handled all aspects of site management: content generation, editing, design, coding, publicity, advertising & accounting.

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Original press release dated August 15, 1999

New Web Portal Focuses on Internet Sites For and By Women

Walnut Creek, California and Circleville, Ohio – While most search engines are scrambling to index the whole of the Web, one site is instead aiming to exclude the majority of what’s on the Internet. SheKnows.com (http://SheKnows.com), a new Web portal debuting this month, intends to highlight only sites of particular interest to women.

With its comprehensive directory, SheKnows.com provides easy access to resources and information of value to women and girls online. (more…)

What does someone working in the insurance business in Southern Ohio have in common with someone fresh out of the music business and living in the San Francisco Bay Area? At first glance, you might think nothing. But in reality? Everything.

Despite their physical distance and disparate career paths, the two 20-something women mentioned shared three important traits. First, both were self-starters with a goal of working from home. Second, they were each mothers of two young daughters. And finally, the women were both very active on the still-nascent Internet.

Given such means, motive and opportunity, west-coaster Nancy Price and Midwesterner Betsy Bailey embarked on what truly became the adventure of a lifetime: They started their own company… despite never having met in person. (more…)