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Domain Names Podcast Episode 17 with Paul Sloan & David Carter from PlayingTheAngles.com

My guests today on Domain Names Podcast are Paul Sloan & David Carter from www.PlayingTheAngles.com
Paul Sloan is a longtime journalist, who has worked for Fortune Magazine, National Public Radio, CNN and a bunch of other places, on staff and as a freelancer. Paul has interviewed people such as Kevin Ham in that great article that was published in the Business 2.0 Magazine back in May 2007 before the magazine closed down…

Upcoming Interview with Johns Wu, creator of Bankaholic.com

Next week I will have the pleasure of having as a guest on Domain Names Podcast, Johns Wu the original owner / creator of www.Bankaholic.com. For those of you who have been living in a cave without internet for the past 9 months, Johns sold www.Bankaholic.com to www.BankRate.com for a reported US$15 Million dollars after only a few years of the site being created (in Wordpress by the way). Nice going Johns! …

Domain Names Podcast Episode 13 with Zappy Zapolin InternetRealEstate.com

My guest today on Domain Names Podcast is Zappy Zapolin co-founder & CEO of Internet Real Estate Group & InternetWarrior.com and the visionary behind such leading internet brands such as Beer.com, Computer.com, Music.com, Debt.com, CreditCards.com, Diamond.com and many many more…

Domain Names Podcast Episode 5 with Rick Latona from Ricklatona.com

Today’s Domain Names Podcast is with Rick Latona from www.ricklatona.com & www.digipawn.com
Rick speaks about his time in the domain name industry and how he got started, he also talks about his businesses DigiPawn & Offshoring and what is involved with the operations of both those businesses.
He talks off his trip to Tanzania and his climb [...]

Domain Names Podcast Episode 2 with Rob Taylor from Hey.co.uk

Today I completed my first interview with Rob Taylor for the new OzDomainer Domain Names Podcast. Rob is from the UK and runs a web development & domain name business at www.hey.co.uk
He is in Australia at the moment working on some projects with another domainer and friend of ours Ben Wilks and will be heading [...]

New Oz Domainer Domain Names Podcast Episode 1

Today is the start of my new series of Domain Names Podcasts.
I will be interviewing a wide variety of people in the domain name industry and I hope the knowledge that is shared will give value to the listeners.
If you have anyone in particular that you would like me to interview please let me know [...]

Rick Schwartz’s Rivers of Gold Story from The Sydney Morning Herald

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This article has just been posted in The Sydney Morning Herald about Rick Schwartz and domain names in general.
I was also interviewed and had a few comments quoted in the article.
Here is a snippet from the story -

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In Rick Schwartz’s thriving real-estate business there are no rising interest rates to fret over, no land [...]

50 Great e-Businesses and the Minds Behind Them.

I have just finished reading a fantastic book on great e-businesses entitled -
50 Great e-Businesses and the Minds Behind Them by Emily Ross & Angus Holland who are both from Melbourne , Australia

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It reviews the history behind some of very well known e-businesses like eBay, Google, PayPal and some of the [...]

The Man Behind Google, Yahoo, YouTube & PayPal

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If you are looking at getting the next Google, Yahoo or YouTube off the ground then this is your man.
Michael Moritz is the venture capitalist guy that helped get these companies going and made a tidy sum himself in the process. Well done mate, I say!! Check out the article on the New York [...]