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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=http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/technology/nextbigforeign.biz2/index.htm |title=Next Big Thing: Internet real estate gets a foreign accent |publisher=] |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=http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/23/internet-reit-domain_cx_rr_0523cyber.html |title=Typo.com |publisher=] |date= |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=http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/29/technology/nextbigforeign.biz2/index.htm |title=Next Big Thing: Internet real estate gets a foreign accent |publisher=] |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=http://www.forbes.com/2006/05/23/internet-reit-domain_cx_rr_0523cyber.html |title=Typo.com |publisher=] |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |title=Kids Portal for Parents - Site Map |publisher=4to40 |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000505/http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |archivedate=2014-02-03 |df= }}</ref> Ostrofsky owned a stake in Business.com which was sold in 2008 for $345 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSWNAS789220070726 |title=R.H. Donnelley to buy Business.com for $345 mln |publisher=] |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/</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |title=Kids Portal for Parents - Site Map |publisher=4to40 |date= |accessdate=2014-01-28 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000505/http://www.4to40.com/recordbook/index.asp?id=359&category=human |archivedate=2014-02-03 |df= }}</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=] |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/</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 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>

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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 in 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, 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 to Home Depot,

He currently owns the web sites CuffLinks.com, SummerCamps.com and eTickets.com. He also owns the domains Bachelor.com, p2p.com, SalesTraining.com, Photographer.com, Consulting.com, HeartDisease.com, BeautyProducts.com, TechToys.com, and over 300 other top level domains.

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 speaker domestically and internationally on entrepreneurship on the internet. He was a member of the National Speakers Association (NSA) and was the 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. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
  2. "Marc Ostrofsky's first appearance on The View and how to make money on the internet". YouTube. 2012-06-11. 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. http://www.dnjournal.com/lowdown.htm
  15. http://www.whois.sc
  16. Archived May 2, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  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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