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'''Marc Ostrofsky''' is the New York Times Bestselling author of |
'''Marc Ostrofsky''' is the New York Times Bestselling author of two books, a Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and highly sought after Public Speaker. His books, Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online and his second book, Word of Mouse: 101+ trends in How we Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work and Play! Get Rich Click was #1 on USA TODAY Bestselling books, #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestselling business books list, #1 on Barnes & Noble as well as #1 Amazon.com in multiple categories.<ref>[http://www.getrichclick.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-Bestseller-sheet-all.pdf Bestseller Status]</ref> |
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Ostrofsky has made multiple appearances in mainstream media. On June 9, 2011, Marc was featured on The View <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW5UZZHkZHA&feature=youtu.be]</ref> with his book ''Get Rich Click!'' |
Ostrofsky has made multiple appearances in mainstream media. On June 9, 2011, Marc was featured on The View <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW5UZZHkZHA&feature=youtu.be]</ref> with his book ''Get Rich Click!'' |
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Ostrofsky founded five high tech Internet and telecommunications magazines and a dozen technology trade shows, which were later sold to Advanstar Publishing for $8,000,000. He then created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (another firm holding magazines, trade shows and web sites) to [[Primedia]] (NYSE: PRM) for $35,000,000.<ref name="bizjournals.com">[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1999/10/11/story3.html Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million] October, 1999</ref> |
Ostrofsky founded five high tech Internet and telecommunications magazines and a dozen technology trade shows, which were later sold to Advanstar Publishing for $8,000,000. He then created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (another firm holding magazines, trade shows and web sites) to [[Primedia]] (NYSE: PRM) for $35,000,000.<ref name="bizjournals.com">[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1999/10/11/story3.html Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million] October, 1999</ref> |
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He currently owns operating web sites including |
He currently owns operating web sites including CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com and eTickets.com. His most recent success is the sale of Blinds.com to Home Depot <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2014/dailyposts/20140127.htm] January, 2014</ref> where he was the firms first outside investor and board member. He coined the term "Domain Names are Internet Real Estate" and owns some of the best domain names in the world including Bachelor.com, p2p.com, SalesTraining.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, HeartDisease.com, BeautyProducts.com, TechToys.com, and over 300 other top level domains. |
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He was one of the early pioneers and founders of the voice mail/voice processing market, the private pay phone market, the operator services market, the telecom reseller & VOIP market and the prepaid telephone card market in the United States.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/august.htm Inside iREIT: How a Startup Company Became an Industry Giant Overnight] August, 2006</ref> |
He was one of the early pioneers and founders of the voice mail/voice processing market, the private pay phone market, the operator services market, the telecom reseller & VOIP market and the prepaid telephone card market in the United States.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/august.htm Inside iREIT: How a Startup Company Became an Industry Giant Overnight] August, 2006</ref> |
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Ostrofsky donated a sculpture to the City of Houston that now resides at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5FR9]</ref> |
Ostrofsky donated a sculpture to the City of Houston that now resides at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5FR9]</ref> |
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Prior to these ventures, Ostrofsky |
Prior to these ventures, Ostrofsky created, built and sold several internet and telecommunications [[magazine]]s and technology [[trade show]]s. The assets of Information Publishing Corporation were later sold to Advanstar Publishing, and the assets of his next venture, MultiMedia Publishing Corporation were later sold to Primedia.<ref name="bizjournals.com"/> |
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He also founded www.idNames.com, an international [[domain name registry]] service that was sold to [[Network Solutions]], and is now a division of [[VeriSign]].<ref>[http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/353381 Network Solutions' idNames Launches Domain Associate Program] May, 2000</ref> |
He also founded www.idNames.com, an international [[domain name registry]] service that was sold to [[Network Solutions]], and is now a division of [[VeriSign]].<ref>[http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/353381 Network Solutions' idNames Launches Domain Associate Program] May, 2000</ref> |
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Ostrofsky has been interviewed on major television networks, newspapers and wire services. He is a professional speaker domestically and internationally on entrepreneurship on the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the initial creator of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AtJ1PMlAM6QJ:www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2007/january.htm+Internet+Commerce+Association+creator&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&ie=UTF-8 DN Journal Newsletter] January, 2007</ref> |
Ostrofsky has been interviewed on major television networks, newspapers and wire services. He is a professional speaker domestically and internationally on entrepreneurship on the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the initial creator of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:AtJ1PMlAM6QJ:www.dnjournal.com/newsletters/2007/january.htm+Internet+Commerce+Association+creator&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&ie=UTF-8 DN Journal Newsletter] January, 2007</ref> |
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Ostrofsky is currently standing up for [[Ferrari]] drivers in [[Aspen, Colorado]], claiming that police there unfairly discriminate against them and pull them over more often than other drivers. <ref>[http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/159478 Multi-millionaire: Local police are discriminating against Ferrari owners] </ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Born | October 28, 1961 |
| Occupation | Author, Entrepreneur, Investor |
| Genre | Nonfiction |
| Notable works | Get Rich Click |
Marc Ostrofsky is the New York Times Bestselling author of two books, a Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and highly sought after Public Speaker. His books, Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online and his second book, Word of Mouse: 101+ trends in How we Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work and Play! Get Rich Click was #1 on USA TODAY Bestselling books, #1 on the Wall Street Journal Bestselling business books list, #1 on Barnes & Noble as well as #1 Amazon.com in multiple categories.[1]
Ostrofsky has made multiple appearances in mainstream media. On June 9, 2011, Marc was featured on The View [2] with his book Get Rich Click! He returned to The View on July 8, 201 to discuss smartphone apps.[3] He hit the media again to promote Word of Mouse and appeared on Fox News Nationwide [4]
Before writing his first book, Ostrofsky was a "domain name" investor, who has been called a "Technology Wildcatter" in the Houston Business Journal.[5] His venture capital firm has created a number of successful telecommunication, publishing and internet based companies. He is the co-founder of hundreds of web properties.[6] He was a founder in Internet REIT (iREIT) (also known as www.iREIT.com), which acquires, develops and sells internet traffic "wholesale" to Google for them to resell to others on a "PayPerClick" basis with partners Ross Perot and Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks.[7]
He is known for his record sale of Business.com in 1999 for $7.5 million to eCompanies which landed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most expensive domain name ever sold,[8] although the final value of the sale was closer to $2 million in cash and stock.[9] Business.com was sold in 2008 for $345 million which landed Ostrofsky another windfall.[10] He coined the phrase "Domain names and web sites are the real estate of the Internet" when he bought Business.com for $150,000 in the mid 90's, which had been the most money ever paid for a domain name at that time.[11]
Ostrofsky founded five high tech Internet and telecommunications magazines and a dozen technology trade shows, which were later sold to Advanstar Publishing for $8,000,000. He then created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (another firm holding magazines, trade shows and web sites) to Primedia (NYSE: PRM) for $35,000,000.[12]
He currently owns operating web sites including CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com and eTickets.com. His most recent success is the sale of Blinds.com to Home Depot [13] where he was the firms first outside investor and board member. He coined the term "Domain Names are Internet Real Estate" and owns some of the best domain names in the world including Bachelor.com, p2p.com, SalesTraining.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, HeartDisease.com, BeautyProducts.com, TechToys.com, and over 300 other top level domains.
He was one of the early pioneers and founders of the voice mail/voice processing market, the private pay phone market, the operator services market, the telecom reseller & VOIP market and the prepaid telephone card market in the United States.[14]
Ostrofsky donated a sculpture to the City of Houston that now resides at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.[15]
Prior to these ventures, Ostrofsky created, built and sold several internet and telecommunications magazines and technology trade shows. The assets of Information Publishing Corporation were later sold to Advanstar Publishing, and the assets of his next venture, MultiMedia Publishing Corporation were later sold to Primedia.[12]
He also founded www.idNames.com, an international domain name registry service that was sold to Network Solutions, and is now a division of VeriSign.[16]
Ostrofsky has been interviewed on major television networks, newspapers and wire services. He is a professional speaker domestically and internationally on entrepreneurship on the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the initial creator of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).[17]
He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin
References
- ^ Bestseller Status
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million
- ^ Staking a claim on domains beyond dot-com August, 2006
- ^ Typo.com May, 2006
- ^ Most Valuable Domain Name May, 2005
- ^ Newsweek Article: Sticking to the business
- ^ R.H. Donnelley to buy Business.com for $345 mln
- ^ Bellevue Domain Roundtable to Address Explosive Growth Market of “Internet Real Estate” January, 2006
- ^ a b Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million October, 1999
- ^ [4] January, 2014
- ^ Inside iREIT: How a Startup Company Became an Industry Giant Overnight August, 2006
- ^ [5]
- ^ Network Solutions' idNames Launches Domain Associate Program May, 2000
- ^ DN Journal Newsletter January, 2007
External links
- Forbes Interview
- The Name Game by Robert A Mamis, Inc. Magazine, May 15, 2000
- Teen Business Forum interview