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'''Marc Ostrofsky''' is an American entrepreneur, ], ] and public speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcc1HYzaRWk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/dcc1HYzaRWk |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Marc Ostrofsky on The View - 7-8-11 discussing Amazing Smartphone Apps |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-07-09 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He is the author of the books ''Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW5UZZHkZHA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/gW5UZZHkZHA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Marc Ostrofsky's first appearance on "The View" on ABC television was about how to make money on the internet |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-06-11 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and ''Word of Mouse: 101+ trends using technology on How we Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work and Play!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/2668002979001/tech-trends-businesses-need-to-know-now/?playlist_id=931078471001 |title=Tech trends businesses need to know now |publisher=] |date=2013-09-12 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> ''Get Rich Click'' was in the top ten of the lists of bestselling books compiled by ], '']'' and '']''.<ref>http://www.getrichclick.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-Bestseller-sheet-all.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>


==Career==
Calling himself "''Technology Wildcatter''" in the , he has published magazines, started trade shows and created internet firms, web sites and other web based ventures using his Venture Capital Firm.
His career began developing companies for ] and ], private ]s, ], ] and ], and prepaid ]s in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2006/august.htm |title=Inside iREIT: How a Startup Company Became an Industry Giant Almost Overnight |publisher=Dnjournal.com |date=2008-04-01 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>


Before writing his first book, Ostrofsky was a ] investor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1999/10/11/story3.html |title=Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million |publisher=] |date=1999-10-10 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> His ] firm has created a number of ], ] and ] based companies, and he is the co-founder of hundreds of web properties.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sloan |first=Paul |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/technology/nextbigforeign.biz2/index.htm |title=Next Big Thing: Internet real estate gets a foreign accent |publisher=CNN |date=2006-08-29 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> He was a co-founder of Internet REIT (iREIT) (also known as www.iREIT.com), which acquires, develops and sells internet traffic ] to ] for them to resell to others on a ] basis with partners ] and ], the founder of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2006/05/23/internet-reit-domain_cx_rr_0523cyber.html |title=Typo.com |work=] |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
He is the originator and co-founder of an internet domain name developer and reseller backed by a handful of ] firms and private investors including Starbucks Founder and Chairman, Howard Schultz and Texas Billionaire, H. Ross Perot among others.
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In 1999 he sold the DNS domain ] $7.5 million to eCompanies, which was listed in the ] for what was, at the time, the most expensive domain name ever sold in the world,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |title=Kids Portal for Parents - Site Map |publisher=4to40 |accessdate=2014-01-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000505/http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |archivedate=2014-02-03 }}</ref> Ostrofsky owned a stake in Business.com which was sold in 2008 for $345 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSWNAS789220070726 |title=R.H. Donnelley to buy Business.com for $345 mln |publisher=Reuters |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref> 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 1990s, which had been the most money ever paid for a ] at that time.<ref>http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_roundtable_to_address_explosive_growth_of_internet_real_estate/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>


Ostrofsky founded five high tech Internet and telecommunications magazines and a dozen technology trade shows,{{which|date=January 2014}} which were later sold to Advanstar Publishing for $8,000,000.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} He later created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (another firm holding magazines, trade shows and web sites) to ] for $35,000,000.<ref name="bizjournals.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1999/10/11/story3.html |title=Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million |publisher=Houston Business Journal |date=1999-10-10 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
Ostrofsky is most known for the sale of Business.com in 1999 for $7.5 million to ] which landed in the ] for the most expensive domain name ever sold. He also founded www.idNames.com, now a part of Network Solutions.


Ostrofsky was the first outside investor in Blinds.com and a member of its board of directors. In 2014, Blinds.com was sold for over $200 Million+ to ],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140123-912454.html |title=The Home Depot Acquires Blinds.com |publisher=Wall Street Journal |date=2014-01-23 |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm |title=The Lowdown from Domain Name Journal at |publisher=Dnjournal.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-25}}</ref>
Prior to these ventures, Ostrofsky founded and sold five Internet and telecommunications magazines and 10+ technology trade shows and conventions that were all later sold to Advanstar publishing for $8,000,000. He then created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (a firm made up of technology magazines, trade shows and web sites) to Primedia (NYSE: PRM) for $35,000,000.


He currently owns the web sites Photographer.com, TechToys.com, APPortunity.com, MARCeting.com, LabGrownDiamonds.com, HeartDisease.com, BeautyProducts.com, Potshops.com and 200+ others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whois.sc/ |title=Home |website=whois.sc}}</ref>
He is also involved in various aspect of the phone market (prepaid calling cards, voice mail, etc.)
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He is a professional photographer and owns www.Photographer.com, iPhotos.com, PhotoWorkshops.com and PhotoTrips.com.


He also founded www.idNames.com, an international ] service that was sold to ], and is now a division of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/353381 |title= Network Solutions' idNames Launches Domain Associate Program|website=dc.internet.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050502103527/http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/353381 |archive-date=May 2, 2005}}</ref>
His television interviews include: The Today Show, ABC's 20/20, Wall Street Journal Report, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, as well as others. Newspaper and wire service media include The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and USA Today and Newsweek magazine among others.
He is a professional speaker domestically and internationally on Entrepreneurship, on a number of topics in entrepreneurship, business and starting, owning and running a business profitable on the internet - ie, "Get Rich Click".


In 2001 Ostrofsky donated a sculpture to the City of ] that now resides at the ] in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5FR9 |title="Moonwalker", Houston, Texas, USA - Figurative Public Sculpture on |publisher=Waymarking.com |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
He is a member of the NSA-National Speakers Association and was the initial creator of the ICA - Internet Commerce Association and several other associations back in his early days in telecommunications.

Ostrofsky is a professional public speaker domestically and internationally on business, how to make money and entrepreneurship in the age of the internet. He was a member of the ] (NSA) and was the original founder of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220050934/http://dnjournal.com/newsletters/2007/january.htm |date=2016-12-20 }} January, 2007</ref>

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Marc Ostrofsky
Born (1961-10-28) October 28, 1961 (age 63)
OccupationAuthor, Entrepreneur, Investor
GenreNonfiction
Notable worksGet Rich Click

Marc Ostrofsky is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, New York Times Best Selling Author and public speaker. He is the author of the books Get Rich Click!: The Ultimate Guide to Making Money Online, and Word of Mouse: 101+ trends using technology on How we Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work and Play!. Get Rich Click was in the top ten of the lists of bestselling books compiled by USA Today, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.

Career

His career began developing companies for voice mail and voice processing, private pay phones, operator services, telecom reseller and VOIP, and prepaid telephone cards in the United States.

Before writing his first book, Ostrofsky was a domain name investor. His venture capital firm has created a number of telecommunication, publishing and internet based companies, and he is the co-founder of hundreds of web properties. He was a co-founder of 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 pay per click basis with partners Ross Perot and Howard Schultz, the founder of Starbucks.

In 1999 he sold the DNS domain Business.com $7.5 million to eCompanies, which was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for what was, at the time, the most expensive domain name ever sold in the world, Ostrofsky owned a stake in Business.com which was sold in 2008 for $345 million. 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 1990s, which had been the most money ever paid for a domain name at that time.

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 later created and sold Multimedia Publishing Corporation (another firm holding magazines, trade shows and web sites) to Primedia for $35,000,000.

Ostrofsky was the first outside investor in Blinds.com and a member of its board of directors. In 2014, Blinds.com was sold for over $200 Million+ to Home Depot,

He currently owns the web sites Photographer.com, TechToys.com, APPortunity.com, MARCeting.com, LabGrownDiamonds.com, HeartDisease.com, BeautyProducts.com, Potshops.com and 200+ others.

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.

In 2001 Ostrofsky donated a sculpture to the City of Houston, Texas that now resides at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Terminal B, Houston, Texas.

Ostrofsky is a professional public speaker domestically and internationally on business, how to make money and entrepreneurship in the age of the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the original founder of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).

References

  1. "Marc Ostrofsky on The View - 7-8-11 discussing Amazing Smartphone Apps". YouTube. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  2. "Marc Ostrofsky's first appearance on "The View" on ABC television was about how to make money on the internet". YouTube. 2012-06-11. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  3. "Tech trends businesses need to know now". Fox News. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  4. http://www.getrichclick.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1-Bestseller-sheet-all.pdf
  5. "Inside iREIT: How a Startup Company Became an Industry Giant Almost Overnight". Dnjournal.com. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  6. "Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million". Houston Business Journal. 1999-10-10. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  7. Sloan, Paul (2006-08-29). "Next Big Thing: Internet real estate gets a foreign accent". CNN. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  8. "Typo.com". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  9. "Kids Portal for Parents - Site Map". 4to40. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  10. "R.H. Donnelley to buy Business.com for $345 mln". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  11. http://www.circleid.com/posts/domain_roundtable_to_address_explosive_growth_of_internet_real_estate/
  12. "Tech wildcatter sells company for $35 million". Houston Business Journal. 1999-10-10. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  13. "The Home Depot Acquires Blinds.com". Wall Street Journal. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  14. "The Lowdown from Domain Name Journal at". Dnjournal.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  15. "Home". whois.sc.
  16. "Network Solutions' idNames Launches Domain Associate Program". dc.internet.com. Archived from the original on May 2, 2005.
  17. ""Moonwalker", Houston, Texas, USA - Figurative Public Sculpture on". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  18. DN Journal Newsletter Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine January, 2007

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