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Former Support rep is now Internet Entrepreneur
Sean Stafford was a support representative at Louisville-based Modern Gigabyte when his idea led to the founding of the domain name platform company DNZoom (Domain Name Zoom) in June 2007.
He is now director of product development for DNZoom, which was acquired on Feb. 18 by the Delray Beach Fla.-based online bidding site BIDO.
He is an investor in LouisvilleVP (venture partners), which was founded last month. The company is developing a new music platform, Band.org, which will link bands and musicians with musical enthusiasts.
Stafford’s book, “Domain Graduate: Tapping the Online Mines,” was launched in electronic form on Jan. 15. It sells for $87 at www.domaingraduate.com.
The book has made Stafford something of a cyber-world celebrity in Australia and Europe, and he is a sought-after domain name speaker there.
Web companies Sedo.com and Fabulous.com use Domain Graduate to train their new employees. An expanded version is to be published in book form by early 2009.
http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2008/04/07/story13.html?b=1207540800^1615444
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Making Appointments for Doctor or Dinner
THE e-commerce bandwagon bypassed millions of carpenters, massage therapists, lawyers and other service providers, mostly because it is impossible to drop an appointment into a shopping cart without unleashing a scheduling nightmare.
Now that a set of Internet start-up companies has emerged to help solve this problem, though, small businesses could start using the Web as more than just an online brochure. And while the category is too new for analysts to handicap with much confidence, there are signs it could gain a significant following.
“This is something that’s been needed for a while, but no one has been able to do it successfully,” said Greg Sterling, of Sterling Marketplace Intelligence, an online consultancy. “With these new services, there are a lot of circumstances where it can work quite well for both the business and the consumer.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/technology/31ecom.html?ref=smallbusiness
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