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Line 20: − + − + − ==History==+ − Endurance formerly known as [[BizLand]], was founded in 1997 as a company to help small businesses get onto the web quickly. After the tech bubble burst, BizLand resized and emerged as Endurance just before 2001, with only 14 employees.<ref name="journey"></ref> The new company began with customer acquisitions and the construction of back-end tools, eventually to move towards expanding their services.<ref name="journey"></ref> − Endurance is named after thes hip of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who sailed across Antarctica in 1914. The ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, but Shackleton's entire 28-man crew remained alive through their thousand-mile trek to safety, through open ocean and glaciers. That tale inspired Endurance CEO [[Hari Ravichandran]] to recreate BizLand after the [[.com]] crash.<ref name="journey"></ref>+
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'''Endurance International Group'''
'''Endurance International Group''' is a web hosting company, formerly known as [[BizLand]]. It was founded in 1997 as a company to help small businesses get onto the web quickly. After the tech bubble burst, BizLand resized and emerged as Endurance just before 2001, with only 14 employees.<ref name="journey"></ref> The new company began with customer acquisitions and the construction of back-end tools, eventually to move towards expanding their services.<ref name="journey">[https://www.endurance.com/our-company/our-journey Our Journey], Endurance.com. Retrieved 2016 April 18.</ref>
The company is now backed by [[Warburg Pincus]] and [[GS Capital Partners]], and has over 2,500 employees. Its services are used by over 3 million subscribers.<ref name="journey">[https://www.endurance.com/our-company/our-journey Our Journey], Endurance.com. Retrieved 2016 April 18.</ref>
Endurance is named after the ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton, who sailed across Antarctica in 1914. The ship Endurance was crushed by pack ice, but Shackleton's entire 28-man crew remained alive through their thousand-mile trek to safety, through open ocean and glaciers. That tale inspired Endurance CEO [[Hari Ravichandran]] to recreate BizLand after the [[.com]] crash.<ref name="journey"></ref>
The company is now backed by [[Warburg Pincus]] and [[GS Capital Partners]], and has over 2,500 employees. Its services are used by over 3 million subscribers.<ref name="journey"></ref>
It values customer service and open source data.<ref name="endurance">[http://www.endurance.com Endurance], Endurance.com. Retrieved 2016 April 18.</ref>
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