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Storypedia collects and publishes volumes of interesting non-fiction stories

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StartupRealities No 125 Storypedia is an online publisher which produces collections of the world's most interesting non-fiction stories. The company has a range of publications of the format "Top 100 Most Fascinating Stories in ...": History, Nature, Science, Art, Politics, Business; as well as of a similar format: "Top 100 Hidden Stories in ...". A key part of the successful storytelling format is the length of each story, which does not exceed half a page. CEO QUOTE "Everybody knows Cinderella and Snow White. Which is why we don't include banal fiction stories like this in our collections. We aim to educate and inspire our readers, not bore them to death. However, we do incorporate some mythological stories where the line between history and fiction has been blurred. Our primary objective is to surprise you, to tell you something new, to reveal a world of wonder," said Storypedia founder and CEO Stormie Pedralbes. Medieval encyclopedis...

StoryFinder collects stories for education using AI and crowdsourcing

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StartupRealities No 81 StoryFinder is a crowdsourcing and AI company that collects interesting stories for use in education, government, politics and the media. The company's AI bot trawls Wikipedia, news websites and school textbooks for interesting stories that can be repurposed and used in different ways. StoryFinder also crowdsources stories from the public in the format of various competitions and entertainment games. The company publishes a series of popular books called "100 Stories on ...". CEO QUOTE "Stories are fascinating education and learning tools. No one can resist a speaker who starts with 'Let me tell you a story.' What if the entire school curriculum could be put in 10,000 stories? Would so many children still reject formal education then?" - asked company founder and CEO Stormy Finn. Storyteller (image source: Wikipedia )