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The iAgora story has always been one of both genuine and pragmatic idealism.
Philippe and Sacha, the site's co-founders, were both born to parents of different nationalities and have lived in various countries while studying in various languages. They always realised that people who have lived abroad share in common some very fundamental human qualities and tend to get along. And when the aptly named World Wide Web arrived, they also realised they had a chance to give others the opportunity to live abroad, an experience which individuals usually find positively life-changing. On a larger scale, people who have international experience are typically more accepting and appreciative of differences. Philippe and Sacha believe that a world with more such people is a better world.
So, in early 1998, they decided to do something about their ideals. They created a company, figured out how to build a website, learned about business realities, and kept on going. A website slowly came to life as members signed up. The general idea was that iAgora would survive financially if the site could be made popular enough. But, early in the Internet Era, the business aspect was clearly more vague than the ideology which the company hoped to embody.
iAgora has never benefited from any outside financing. The result is that we have had to learn everything without any outside help. It's been difficult. But we now have what we think is a useful website for international students and recent graduates, universities, and companies. Just as important, a business has emerged to complement the still intact ideology which originally inspired iAgora.
iAgora was created on almost pure idealism with the knowledge that this new medium called the Web could be used to solve problems which its founders had experienced and faith that they would somehow make it survive financially. A decade has passed and we have matured into something more concrete with real business potential. We have never been the typical "Internet company" and, if we prove to be good enough at merging business reality with our idealistic beliefs, then we never will be.
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