About us

Suite101 is a place to publish, discuss and discover ideas on any topic. We are a community of passionate people – a network of writers, bloggers, experts, teachers, and all kinds of everyday savants sharing our knowledge, opinions and experiences.

Suite101.com has been online since 1996 and has been from the beginning something of a trailblazer in publishing. We were blogging before there was blogging, curating before it was a buzzword. Even our community of writers was a first of sorts, a group of disparate, mutually supportive (sometimes disagreeing) writers who saw more in Suite101 than the sum of its parts.

Skip ahead 16 years and Suite101 is still evolving. Committed as ever to leading-edge learning, we're confident 2012 will be a great year for us.

2012

2011

  • Effects of Google's "Panda" updates reduce readership by 60%
  • Suite101 defines a strategy for change, Michael Kedda appointed CEO

2009

2008

  • Over 8 million unique visitors per month
  • German site successfully launched

2007

  • Over 4.5 million unique visitors per month
  • New AdSense revenue share model introduced

2006

  • German media giant Hubert Burda Media invests in Suite101
  • Peter Berger becomes CEO

2005

  • Boris Wertz (w media ventures) acquires stake in Suite101
  • Over 2 million unique visitors per month

1999

  • Over 90,000 registered members.

1998

  • More than 700 topics, hundreds of members
  • What's it all mean? "Real People Helping Real People"

1996

  • Founded in Vancouver
  • The tagline: "Power to Publish, Virtual Community, Smart Surfing"

 

Suite101.com Media Inc. is a privately held Canadian company based in Vancouver, Canada. Suite101.com Media Inc. operates Suite101.com, Suite101.de, Suite101.fr, and Suite101.net.

Burda Digital Ventures of Munich co-owns the majority of the company with Dr. Boris Wertz of Vancouver venture capital investors W Media Ventures and Nexopia.com. Burda Digital Ventures is the venture capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, a 1.5 billion dollar company in business for over 110 years and publishing over 250 magazines in 28 countries worldwide.