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Startup Spotlight: KnowEm

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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KnowEm?

Today we feature an interview with the founders of KnowEm, a rapidly-growing startup that has found great success without venture capital or outside funding.

KnowEm is a brand protection service that allows you to create your brand’s user account on 300 popular social media sites and will not only help you secure your name but they can also show you how to contact each site in order to have the name released and returned to you in the case where someone creates an account in your brand’s name.

KnowEm is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey and was started by Michael Streko and Barry Wise after a user account-checking website they had been using went offline.  They decided to create their own and improved on the concept.

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