 BARBARA CORCORAN —
Barbara Corcoran’s credentials include straight "D’s" in high school and college and twenty jobs by the time she turned twenty-three.
It was her next job, however, that would make her one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country, when she borrowed $1,000 from her boyfriend and quit her job as a waitress to start a tiny real estate company in New York City.
Over the next twenty-five years, she’d parlay that $1,000 loan into a five-billion-dollar real estate business named The Corcoran Group. She sold the business in 2001 for seventy million dollars.
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of Barbara Corcoran at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York.
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 JIM McCANN —
Just as he built an international business from a single Manhattan flower shop, McCann, CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, has helped expand the definition of retailing while positioning his company as one of the world's leading gift retailers.
Today, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM customers can send a wide variety of floral products and other thoughtful gifts around the block or around the world by clicking a mouse on a PC.
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of Jim McCann at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2008.
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 STEVE FORBES —
Steve Forbes is President and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine.
Since Mr. Forbes 1990, the company has launched a variety of new publications and businesses.
In 1996 Forbes entered the new media arena with the launch of Forbes.com, which now gets more than 10 million unique monthly visitors.
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of Steve Forbes at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2007.
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 TERRY JONES —
Terry Jones founded Travelocity.com, leading the company as its President and Chief Executive Officer until May 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Jones served as Chief Information Officer at Sabre Inc.
He serves on the Board of Directors of Earthlink, Inc., La Quinta Corporation, Kayak.com, and is a special venture partner with General Catalyst Partners.
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of Terry Jones at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York 2007.
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 JOHN REESE —
John Reese is founder and CEO of Income.com. Mr. Reese has owned over 35,000 .com domains since he became involved in the domain-name game in 1995.
John is most well-known for his "Million Dollar Day" when he did the unthinkable and produced over $1,000,000 in sales in less than 24 hours for a new product; and he did it without spending one penny on advertising.
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of John Reese at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2007.
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 TOM GARDNER —
Tom serves as co-chairman of the board of The Motley Fool. Tom graduated with an honors degree in English and creative writing from Brown University, and has been formally trained in just about everything but finance.
In 1994, he set sights with brother David on Fool.com, The Motley Fool's website. Today, the Fool has grown into an international multi-media network
Watch video excerpts by selecting a player below. Each page also features a slideshow of Tom Gardner at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2006.
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 MARC OSTROFSKY
Co-Keynote
Marc Ostrofsky is a co-founder and the President of Internet REIT, Inc and focuses on identifying new technology trends, partnerships and relationships for the firm.
Marc is most noteworthy in the domain name industry as he sold Business.com in 1999 for the record-breaking price of $7.5 Million. He coined the term "Domain Names are Internet Real Estate" when he bought Business.com for $150,000 in 1995.
Mr. Ostrofsky is a technology and Internet evangelist and researcher in various Internet & telecom sectors. Marc created, built and sold two publishing and trade show firms (Information Publishing Corporation and Multimedia Publishing Corporation).
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ANDREW MILLER & MIKE ZAPOLIN
Co-Keynotes
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As President and Co-Founder of Deal Jam, LLC, Andrew Miller focuses on acquiring generic URL's that can serve as the platform for Deal Jam's operated online businesses and investments. He concentrates on creating partnerships that enhance the sales and asset value of Deal Jam's businesses.
Mr. Miller's duties also include overseeing the Deal Jam Sales Group. Andrew is currently a shareholder in Diamond.com, Telephone.com Inc, and via Deal Jam: Altura International Inc., Carbs.com LLC, Relationship.com/Love Tactics LLC, and Safety.com LLC.
Mike "Zappy" Zapolin is Co-Founder of Music.com . He is also the co-founder and CEO of Internet Real Estate Group LLC.
"Zappy" is the creator of an elective course on e-Business at Harvard Business School, and he has spoken at Inc. Magazine's CEO Symposium and The Economist Branding Conference in Shanghai . He is responsible for such Internet brands as Beer.com, Computer.com, Debt.com, Creditcards.com, Diamond.com, Software.com, Sweepstakes.com, Phone.com, Podcast.com, and Chocolate.com .
Zapolin fashioned direct-response campaigns for clients such as Time Warner, Diana Ross and VH1. With co-authored Ask the Kabala in 2006.
Watch for video excerpts coming soon.
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 BEN STEIN —
The First Keynote
A well known actor and economist, Ben Stein is also a regular contributor to the New York Times, and he was our featured speaker at the very first formal TRAFFIC show in Delray Beach, Florida in 2004. Ben Stein is the also son of noted economist Herbert Stein.
During the 1970's, he was speechwriter for Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. During the 1980's he become well known for an acting career that included an appearance as an economics teacher in the motion picture "Ferris Beuller's Day Off". He also had his own television game show during the 1990's, Win Ben Stein's Money.
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