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'{{Infobox Dotcom company | company_name = DailyStrength | company_logo = <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:Untitled12.jpg|200px]] --> | company_type = [[Private company|Private]] | foundation = August 3, 2006 | location_city = [[Los Angeles]] | location_country = [[USA]] | key_people = Doug Hirsch, Co-founder and [[CEO|Chief Executive Officer]]<br />Lars Nilsen, Co-founder and [[Chief technical officer|Chief Technology Officer]]<br />Josh DeFord, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer | num_employees = 20 (2007) | company_slogan = ''People Powered Healthcare'' | url = [http://www.dailystrength.org dailystrength.org] | screenshot = <!--[[Image:xxxxxxx.png|220px]] --> | caption = <!-- The [[DailyStrength]] homepage in [[Firefox]] --> | website_type = [[social networking]] | launch_date = August 3, 2006 | current_status = active }} '''DailyStrength''' is a [[social networking]] website centered around [[support groups]], where users provide one another with emotional support by discussing their struggles and successes with each other. The site contains online communities that deal with different medical conditions or life challenges. <ref name="techcrunch.com">http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/07/daily-strength-online-support-groups-and-aggregate-treatment-info/ TechCrunch November 7, 2006 </ref> As of November 4, 2007, DailyStrength has created over 500 support groups <ref>http://www.seattlepi.com/health/337891_websites05.html Seattle Post Intelligencer</ref> focused on issues such as [[Clinical depression|depression]], [[divorce]], [[parenting]], and a wide variety of [[cancer]]s. The site is free for members and the members are encouraged to remain anonymous. The site provides members with continual support as someone is always available to talk. Medical professionals are also available to contact and treatments for a variety of illnesses and problems are also listed on the site. The company was founded on August 3, 2006 by Doug Hirsch <ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/localnewsheadlines/ci_6956968 The Mercury News September 21, 2007</ref>, Lars Nilsen and Josh DeFord and has offices in [[Los Angeles]] and [[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]], [[California]], [[USA]]. Hirsch was one of the first employees at [[Yahoo]] <ref name="techcrunch.com"/> and previously built products for online communities there and at [[Facebook]].<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116717686202159961.html Wall Street Journal December 27, 2006</ref> Hirsch founded the company in response to his own difficulties dealing with a death in his family as a teenager. <ref>http://www.entrepreneur27.org/archive/interview-with-doug-hirsch-of-daily-strength Entrepreneur 27 December 13, 2006.</ref> Over the six-month period ending June 2007, DailyStrength’s market share increased by 95%, with the average user spending over 26 minutes on the site.<ref>http://weblogs.hitwise.com/leeann-prescott/ Hitwise</ref> As of September 2007, DailyStrength had 14,000 average daily visitors, each spending 82 minutes on the site and each viewing approximately 145 pages. <ref>http://www.comscore.com/ Comscore Key Measures Report for Health Media</ref> DailyStrength is a subsidiary of Sharecare, Inc. Sharecare, created by WebMD founder and Discovery Communications' Chief of Global Digital Strategy Jeff Arnold, along with America’s Doctor, Dr. Mehmet Oz, is an "interactive healthcare ecosystem giving consumers the ability to ask, learn and act on the questions of health." <ref>http://www.dailystrength.org/content/view/195 About DailyStrength: Who We Are</ref> ==References== <references/> poop ==External links== * [http://dailystrength.org/ DailyStrength Support Groups] {{DEFAULTSORT:Dailystrength}} [[Category:Internet properties established in 2006]] [[Category:Social networking services]] [[Category:American websites]] [[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles, California]] [[Category:Community websites]] [[Category:Virtual communities]] [[Category:Health websites]] [[Category:Online support groups]]'