Social-learning platform Declara has one heck of a founding story — and $5M
<p>Declara founder Ramona Pierson was the victim of a car accident and spent 18 months in a coma. 100 surgeries and incredible resilience later, she earned a masters in education, PhD in neuroscience, and is now developing technology that can change how people collaborate online. </p><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=venturebeat.com&blog=342986&post=820663&subd=venturebeat&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.venturebeat.com/c/34021/f/665469/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/__.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class='__-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2013%2F09%2F26%2Fsocial-learning-platform-declara-has-one-heck-of-a-founding-story-and-5m%2F&t=Social-learning+platform+Declara+has+one+heck+of+a+founding+story+%E2%80%94+and+%245M" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2013%2F09%2F26%2Fsocial-learning-platform-declara-has-one-heck-of-a-founding-story-and-5m%2F&t=Social-learning+platform+Declara+has+one+heck+of+a+founding+story+%E2%80%94+and+%245M" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2013%2F09%2F26%2Fsocial-learning-platform-declara-has-one-heck-of-a-founding-story-and-5m%2F&t=Social-learning+platform+Declara+has+one+heck+of+a+founding+story+%E2%80%94+and+%245M" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2013%2F09%2F26%2Fsocial-learning-platform-declara-has-one-heck-of-a-founding-story-and-5m%2F&t=Social-learning+platform+Declara+has+one+heck+of+a+founding+story+%E2%80%94+and+%245M" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2013%2F09%2F26%2Fsocial-learning-platform-declara-has-one-heck-of-a-founding-story-and-5m%2F&t=Social-learning+platform+Declara+has+one+heck+of+a+founding+story+%E2%80%94+and+%245M" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/1/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/1/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/2/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/2/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/3/rc.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/sc/21/rc/3/rc.img" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/176964800996/u/79/f/665469/c/34021/s/31bfe6fc/a2t.img" border="0"/>
