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Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures

Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson soon to be #1 VC in the world, shares how to raise money from his firm and opinions on the NYC startup scene.

Nick Yang from KongZhong Corporation

Nick Yang

Nick Yang founded two successful companies. He currently uses a management structure borrowed from the Swiss government.

Tony Hsieh from Zappos

Tony Hsieh

Tony Hsieh went from investor to full-time employee at the company because he enjoys The Zappos culture.

Patrick Byrne from Overstock.com

Patrick Byrne

Patrick Byrne discloses how his company made headlines for suing the state of New York over the issue of affiliate taxes.

Jason Fried from 37signals

Jason Fried

Jason Fried reveals how his company builds easy-to-use Web-based software and service products with a small remote team.

Frank Addante from The Rubicon Project

Frank Addante

Frank Addante has started multiple successful companies and aims to remove most of the friction from online advertising.

Charles Best from Donorschoose.org

Charles Best

Find Out About A Non Profit Which Has A Very Scalable Affiliate Program
Learn How You Can Help US Schools In A Way Which Is Very Personal To You
Why Are The Top Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs Supporting This Non Profit?
How Much Revenue Will An Appearance On Oprah Generate?

Charles Best from DonorsChoose runs a non-profit with a very scalable affiliate program. Top Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs are supporting this non-profit that helps US schools in ways that are very personal to donors.

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Abed Abusaleh from Euro RSCG

Abed Abusaleh

Abed Abusaleh knows what it takes to get a show produced to enter the world of long-form infomercials, using campaigns.

Selling Businesses / TV

Alfred Lin, Zappos Chairman and COO

Alfred Lin

Alfred Lin shares how the company is more than selling shoes, and apparel; they focus on service and “wowing” customers.

Andy Sorcini - Mr Babyman from Digg

Andy Sorcini

This interview is one I've been waiting to do for quite a while. This guy is one of the most financially unsuccessful internet guy ...

Anne Mitchell from SuretyMail

Anne Mitchell

Anne Mitchell now works to make sure e-mails get delivered into the in-box instead of the junk folder.

Barry Judge from Best Buy

Barry Judge

Have you ever wondered how the fortune 500 use direct response marketing? This week's interview is with the Chief Marketing Offic ...

Branding / Customer Service / Management

Brad Fallon from Free IQ

Brad Fallon

Brad Fallon, known for his StomperNet launches, created this online video site that hosts digital media products.

Brad Geddes from bg Theory

Brad Geddes

Brad Geddes, who used to be with Local Launch, is the smartest guy I know when it comes to pay per click marketing. Brad has mana ...

Brady Whittingham from iLeadMedia

Brady Whittingham

Brady Whittingham knows how to be a top Internet offer, and was involved in selling a successful direct response business.

Selling Businesses

Brian Kurtz from Boardroom

Brian Kurtz

Brian Kurtz has a $100 million offline direct marketing company, specializing in list management and conversions.

Brian Littleton from ShareASale

Brian Littleton

Brian Littleton runs an affiliate and payment-processing network for publishers, monetizing the long tail of traffic.

Charles Best from Donorschoose.org

Charles Best

Charles Best from DonorsChoose runs a non-profit with a very scalable affiliate program. Top Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs are supp ...

Chen Yu from YeePay

Chen Yu

Chen Yu shares how the company processes US$6B in online payments in China annually and handles payments and trust issues.

Chi Yu from kaixin001

Chi Yu

Chi Yu gives a rare interview of China’s fastest growing social network that used the telephone to rise to the top.

Chris Dixon from Hunch

Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon shares how he does angel investing in the NYC area and talks about how he sold SiteAdvisor.com to McAfee.

Chris Young from Digital Broadcasting Group

Chris Young

Chris Young focuses on online video, advertising, sponsorship, and promotion with video ads that ran on sites like MTV.

Branding / Selling Businesses

Dan Brody from 360quan

Dan Brody

Dan Brody, a former American Google guy, runs a Chinese incubator building some of the top kids social networking sites.

Dave McClure from Founders Fund

Dave McClure

Dave McClure talks about paypal, the paypal mafia, VC investing, internet marketing, and how to raise capital yourself.

David Weekly from PBwiki

David Weekly

David Weekly highlights the importance of launching more simple products instead of waiting for the perfect product.

Dean Graziosi from Dean Enterprises

Dean Graziosi

Dean Graziosi doesn't just offer products though infomercials; he creates a relationship with those who buy his items.

Derek Sivers from CD Baby

Derek Sivers

Derek Sivers from CD Baby sold his company, as sole owner, for $22 million. His company was running fully automated and generatin ...

Drew Curtis from Fark

Drew Curtis

Drew Curtis generates 1.5 million to 2 million page views per day, promoting his news site mainly by public relations.

Eben Pagan from Hot Topic Media

Eben Pagan

Eben Pagan shares how the Internet gives opportunities to make a difference in the world, while discussing philosophy.

Ethan Willis from Prosper, Inc.

Ethan Willis

Ethan Willis focuses on producing leads, selling to those leads, and then providing fulfillment.

Gary Swart from oDesk

Gary Swart

Gary Swart incorporates a lot of tools to easily work with programmers, and knows what it takes to hire an experienced CEO.

Management

Hamlet Batista from RankSense

Hamlet Batista

Hamlet Batista has evolved from being an affiliate to a merchant to creating his SEO software.

Ian Clarke from Thoof

Ian Clarke

Ian Clarke’s current startup quickly determines what people want and provides accurate targeting for small datasets.

Ian Schafer from Deep Focus

Ian Schafer

Ian Schafer had the first major paid video advertising on YouTube. He now runs an interactive marketing agency.

Branding / Management

James Hong from HotOrNot.com

James Hong

James Hong shares how he and his partner built everything themselves, relied on PR, and eventually sold the business.

Jason Nazar from Docstoc

Jason Nazar

Jason Nazar created a site where any document can be uploaded or downloaded for free, gaining a lot of search traffic.

Jeff and Ryan Gardner from Ad Cafe

Jeff and Ryan Gardner

Jeff and Ryan Gardner, advertising brokers whose traffic generates 20,000+ sales monthly, deliver quality leads online.

Jeff Walker from Product Launch Formula

Jeff Walker

Jeff Walker tells us about the Product Launch Formula that is used to launch and re-launch products online.

Jim Kaminski from Hughes & Bentzen, PLLC

Jim Kaminski

Jim Kaminski previously worked at the FTC. His practice focuses on consumer marketing in advertising, telemarketing, etc.

Joe Abrams from The Software Toolworks

Joe Abrams

Joe Abrams sold Software Toolworks in the 90’s for around $450M, and was a key investor in Intermix, which built MySpace.

Management / Selling Businesses

Joe Sugarman from BluBlocker

Joe Sugarman

Joe Sugarman utilizes his insight on buying TV media, as it is just as relevant to buying Internet media.

John Linden from Think Partnership

John Linden

John Linden introduces new products resulting in additional PPC traffic; a great resource for anyone in the market.

Selling Businesses

John Marshall from Market Motive/Clicktracks

John Marshall

John Marshall started his first software business at the age of 13, and now provides online marketing training material.

Selling Businesses

Jon Praed from Internet Law Group

Jon Praed

Jon Praed spends his time tracking down hard-core black-hat spammers and talks about choosing sides in Internet marketing.

Jon Williams from New York CTO Club

Jon Williams

Jon Williams from NY CTO Club went from an isolated tech introvert to managing 100+ people. He is now part of the private invite ...

Jonathan Shapiro from MediaWhiz

Jonathan Shapiro

Jonathan Shapiro from MediaWhiz shares how the company is able to effectively compete with cheap marketing companies. He also gi ...

Jordan Finger from Ardis Health

Jordan Finger

Jordan Finger manages back-office logistics for the physical products his online product-marketing company sells.

Keith Richman from Break.com

Keith Richman

Keith Richman runs a video entertainment site for guys, whose company has created its own ad sales team and an ad network.

Kevin Li from Ku6

Kevin Li

Kevin Li monetizes video content on the youtube of China with 250 million daily page views and handles government relations.

Khalid Shaikh from FlyUpload

Khalid Shaikh

Khalid Shaikh founded the file transfer service YouSendIt, which has spawned many new business models on the Internet.

Larry Organ from ConsumerBase

Larry Organ

Larry Organ understands how data can be used effectively in spite of privacy and legal implications.

Selling Businesses

Laura Fitton from Pistachio Consulting

Laura Fitton

Laura Fitton explains how she incorporates Twitter as a networking tool for her consulting business and personal life.

Twitter

Marc van der Chijs from Spil Games Asia

Marc van der Chijs

Marc van der Chijs is a successful foreign entrepreneur in China. He shares about casual gaming and his business model.

Mark Kahn from TRAFFIQ Inc

Mark Kahn

Mark Kahn runs a branded traffic inventory marketplace, where publishers upload inventory, and media buyers can buy it.

Branding / Monetization

Martin Toha from VOIP.com

Martin Toha

Martin Toha follows a business model that makes everything as simple and cost effective as possible.

Matt Hill from Shopit.com

Matt Hill

Matt Hill now brings buyers and sellers together on social networking sites. His model has massive potential.

Selling Businesses

Matt Moog from Viewpoints Network

Matt Moog

Matt Moog shares how the company could become a lead generation platform by offering hot transfer leads from customers.

Affiliate Marketing

Matt Wise from Q Interactive

Matt Wise

Matt Wise has reworked CoolSavings from a coupon company to a lead generation company using sophisticated techniques.

Michael Jenkins from Market Leverage

Michael Jenkins

Learn where Michael Jenkins thinks the affiliate industry is going
(hint: its

Mike Filsaime from Mikefilsaime.com

Mike Filsaime

Mike Filsaime has a small but very profitable info-marketing company and focuses on free viral customer acquisitions.

PV Kannan from 24/7 Customer

PV Kannan

PV Kannan runs a $120 million call center with 6000 seats, using data prediction to make his business extremely efficient.

Renata Hesse from WSGR

Renata Hesse

Renata Hesse explains antitrust impacts on Internet start-ups, and how to start an antitrust investigation.

Rob Jewell from Gratis Internet

Rob Jewell

Rob Jewell, founder of the FreeiPod craze, now comes up with creative ways to connect consumers with advertisers.

Roy De Souza from Zedo

Roy De Souza

Roy De Souza serves almost 1 billion ad impressions every day using a form of behavioral targeting.

Ryan Allis from iContact

Ryan Allis

Ryan Allis runs an Email Service Provider geared mainly to small businesses. iContact's focus is on deliverability.

Sarah Bunting from TomatoNation.com

Sarah Bunting from Tomato Nation is an unknown blogger who fundraises more than social media rockstars like Fred Wilson, Craig New ...

Scott Cohen from Dimestore Media

Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen has applied some interesting approaches with video advertising as well as taken two companies public.

Branding

Scott Rewick from NetBlue

Scott Rewick

Scott Rewick knows the impact taking venture capital can have on a company and has insight on how to invest your own money.

Scott Tilton from Loop'd Network

Scott Tilton

Scott Tilton has found a way to combine social media with sponsorships within the action sports world.

Shawn Casey from Mining Gold Corporation

Shawn Casey

Shawn Casey, an information marketer, tests, manages and gets the maximum dollar per lead from his call center partners.

Shuji Honjo from Honjo International

Shuji Honjo

Shuji Honjo has helped international companies in Japan and shares how a US-based company can enter the Japanese market.

Tao Zhang from Dianping.com

Tao Zhang

Tao Zhang talks about site monetization, fake reviews, and how U.S. companies and entrepreneurs can get started in China.

Tony Bacigalupo from New Work City

Tony Bacigalupo from New Work City talks about why co-working might be the Work From Home opportunity for the future. He also sh ...

Vincent Tao from PPLive

Vincent Tao

Vincent Tao moved back to China and leads one of the biggest up and coming startups with 30 million active monthly users.

Yanik Silver from Surefire Marketing

Yanik Silver

Yanik Silver uses a business model where he runs his $3 Million business out of his house with very high profit margins.

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Gary Swart, CEO of oDesk

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