Dori Friend is an American Internet entrepreneur, digital marketing expert, author, film maker, speaker and LGBTQ+ rights activist. She is the owner of SEONitro, PageOneEngine and Raven Bear Labs. Friend was born in San Francisco, California on August 29, 1960. She attended public school and then attended the University of California, Berkeley, from which she graduated in 1984 with a degree in Art/Art Studies.