MeetInnovators

Hayley Barna from Birchbox

How Did Birchbox Prove Their Fashion Business Model Was Viable?

Naval Ravikant from AngelList

What Is The Principal Agent Problem And Why Does Naval From AngelList Think It Is So Important?

Simon Baron-Cohen from Cambridge University

Learn The Difference Between Cognitive And Affective Empathy

Fred Wilson from Union Square Ventures

Find Out How To Raise Money From Fred's VC Firm

Tony Hsieh from Zappos

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

Jason Fried from 37signals

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

Nolan Bushnell from Atari

Why Did Nolan Bushnell Sell Atari For $28M?
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What Were The Early Days Of Atari Like?

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Abed Abusaleh from Euro RSCG

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

Alex Zhardanovsky from PetFlow

Hear About The PE Deal Behind Azoogle From Alex Zhardanovsky

Alfred Lin, Zappos Chairman and COO

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

Alison Singer from Autism Science Foundation

How Can You Financially Support Scientifically Rigorous Research In Autism?

Andy Sorcini - Mr Babyman from Digg

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

Anne Mitchell from SuretyMail

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

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

Bill Ickes from University of Texas at Arlington

What Are The Evolutionary Reasons For Not Having 100% Empathy?

Bill Tai from Charles River Ventures

What Does VC Bill Tai Think About China And The Global Economy?

Brad Fallon from Free IQ

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

Brad Feld from Foundry Group

Learn How Venture Capitalist Brad Feld Thinks About YCombinator And The Angel Business

Brad Geddes from bg Theory

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 managed

Brady Whittingham from iLeadMedia

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

Brian Kurtz from Boardroom

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

Brian Littleton from ShareASale

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

Charles Best from Donorschoose.org

Find Out About A Non Profit Which Has A Very Scalable Affiliate Program

Charlie O'Donnell from First Round Capital

Learn About How VCs Raise Money By Someone Who Was Pitched by Fred Wilson

Charlie Shrem from BitInstant

How Can You Buy Bitcoin Quickly?

Chen Yu from YeePay

Find out how YeePay processes US$6B in online payments in China annually

Chi Yu from kaixin001

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

Learn About Chris's New Project, Hunch.com, Cofounded With Caterina Fake Of Flickr

Chris Knight from Ezine Articles

Learn How EzineArticles gets 30M uniques/month and delivers 200,000 clicks/day to its members

Chris Young from Digital Broadcasting Group

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

Christian Keysers from Netherlands Institute For Neuroscience

Hear About Mirror Neurons From One Of The Original Researchers

Dan Brody from 360quan

Meet Dan Brody, a former American Google guy running a Chinese incubator

Dave McClure from Founders Fund

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

David Kidder from Clickable

Why David Kidder Is Building His Third Company In New York City

David Moore from 24/7 RealMedia

Did You Know 24/7 Real Media Is An $800M Advertising Business In NYC?

David S Rose From Rose Tech Ventures

Learn from one of the top angels in NYC – David S Rose

David Tisch from Techstars

Learn How Techstars Chooses Who Enters Its Programs

David Troy from 410 Labs

How Is Dave Troy's Company Mailstrom Making It Easy To Filter Thousands Of Emails At Once?

David Weekly from PBwiki

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

Dean Graziosi from Dean Enterprises

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

Derek Sivers from CD Baby

Listen To My Most Emotional Interview Ever: Derek Sivers from CD Baby

Drew Curtis from Fark

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

Emerson Andrade from Peixe Urbano

How Did One Of Brazil's Biggest Internet Successes Actually Begin?

Ethan Willis from Prosper, Inc.

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

Frank Addante from The Rubicon Project

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

Frans De Waal from Emory University

Do Animals Have Empathy?

Gary Goldstein from Kennedy Krieger Institute

Learn About Early Detection Of Autism From Gary Goldstein, MD

Gary Swart from oDesk

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

Hamlet Batista from RankSense

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

Harald Eia from Brainwash

How Did Harald Eia Cause Norway's Gender Institute To Lose All Its Funding?

Ian Clarke from Thoof

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

Ian Schafer from Deep Focus

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

Ivko Maksimovic from Frisky Labs

How Does One Of The Top Facebook App Developers Operate Out Of The Caribbean?

James Hong from HotOrNot.com

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

Jeff Ma from The MIT Blackjack Team

Learn The Inside Story From One Of The Members Of The MIT Blackjack Card Counting Team

Jeff Walker from Product Launch Formula

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

Joe Abrams from The Software Toolworks

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

Joe Sugarman from BluBlocker

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

John Berardi from Precision Nutrition

Hear Some Advanced Nutrition Tips For Staying In Shape From The Nutritionists Coach - John Berardi

John Linden from Think Partnership

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

John Marshall from Market Motive/Clicktracks

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

Jon Praed from Internet Law Group

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

Learn How A Leading NYC CTO Went From Being An Isolated Tech Introvert To Managing 100+ People

Jonathan Shapiro from MediaWhiz

Learn How NYC Based MediaWhiz Competes Effectively With Cheap Marketing Companies Worldwide

Jordan Finger from Ardis Health

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

Jorge Galindo from Galindo Consulting Group

How Does One Of Odesk's Top Affiliates Run His Business?

Keith Richman from Break.com

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

Learn from the youtube of China - with 250 million daily pageviews

Khalid Shaikh from FlyUpload

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

Larry Organ from ConsumerBase

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

Laura Fitton from Pistachio Consulting

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

Marc van der Chijs from Spil Games Asia

Meet one of the few successful foreign entrepreneurs in China

Marco Gomes from boo-box

How Did Brazil's Top Internet Ad Targeting Company Get Started?

Mark Gorton from Tower Research

The Inside Story Of Limewire From Founder Mark Gorton

Mark Kahn from TRAFFIQ Inc

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

Martin Toha from VOIP.com

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

Matt Hill from Shopit.com

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

Matt Moog from Viewpoints Network

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

Matt Wise from Q Interactive

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

McKay Thomas from Baby.com.br

Learn About The Founding Of Brazil's #1 Baby Ecommerce Site

Michael Jenkins from Market Leverage

Learn where Michael Jenkins thinks the affiliate industry is going
(hint: its the tip of the iceberg)

Mike Filsaime from Mikefilsaime.com

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

Nick Yang from KongZhong Corporation

Learn how Nick started with nothing (his family grew up in China during the cultural revolution) and founded 2 successful companies

Nolan Bushnell from Atari

Why Did Nolan Bushnell Sell Atari For $28M?

Norm Ledgin from Diagnosing Jefferson

Was Einstein On The Autism Spectrum?

Patrick Arippol from DGF Investments

What Is The Future Of Venture Capital In Brazil?

Patrick Byrne from Overstock.com

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

Paul Romer from Stanford

How The Dominican Republic Could Have A Brand New City As Powerful As NYC Within 10 Years

Peter Bearman from Columbia University

Learn About The 10-15% Of People Who No Longer Show Autism Symptoms

PV Kannan from 24/7 Customer

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

Rob Jewell from Gratis Internet

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

Roger Ehrenberg from Information Arbitrage

Find Out How A Wall Street Veteran Successfully Became A NYC Startup Investor

Romeo Knight from Red Sector Inc.

What Is The Real Name Of Romeo Knight From Red Sector?

Roy De Souza from Zedo

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

Ryan Allis from iContact

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

Sarah Bunting from TomatoNation.com

Learn The Secrets Of Winning the DonorsChoose Social Media Challenge

Scott Cohen from Dimestore Media

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

Scott Rewick from NetBlue

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

Shawn Casey from Mining Gold Corporation

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

Shawn Collins from Affiliate Summit

How Do You Start A Major Conference?

Shuji Honjo from Honjo International

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

Thor Ernstsson from Casual Corp

How Does Zynga Design Its Games?

Thor Muller from Get Satisfaction

How Does Thor Muller, Founder of Get Satisfaction Think Online Complaints Should Be Handled?

Tony Attwood from Aspergers Syndrome

How To Handle A Person With Aspergers Syndrome At Work

Tony Bacigalupo from New Work City

How Guys Like Tony Bacigalupo Are Figuring Out How Work From Home Should Really Work

Vincent Tao from PPLive

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

Yaron Brook from Ayn Rand Institute

Why Does Yaron Brook Work At The Ayn Rand Institute?

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