Lulu was founded in 2002 by the well-known Canadian web entrepreneur Bob Young, who in 1993 founded the open-source software company Red Hat, considered Microsoft's greatest rival. In one stroke, Lulu eliminated all the obstacles in the way of budding authors and changed the face of the publishing industry.
Lulu 創辦人是加拿大裔知名的網路創業家 Bob Young，1993 年就創辦了開放軟體分享公司「紅帽（Red Hat）」，被視為微軟的最大勁敵；2002 年創辦了 Lulu 網站，一舉消除了業餘作家視為畏途的出版障礙，也改變了出版產業的面貌。