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SM: What was your plan for monetizing the site? How did you do it?
JJ: During that time I convinced GoTo.com, which later became Overture.com, to allow us to take their paid links and put them into our content. I made the argument that a user who had to click six times to get down to [...]
SM: From where you sit, where do you think cricket needs to go next?
JD: Nobody can say for sure, as it is still very early. I see a lot of countries like India and Pakistan where cricket is moving fast towards club cricket, like league football.
SM: When did you launch VirtualTourist.com?
JJ: In 1999 I started talking to Tilman [Reissfelder], who is now my partner. He had the website, which at the time had a clickable map, some open source content, and some paid links. Reflecting back on my travel experiences, I suggested we build something that gave people a platform [...]
Greg Gianforte, CEO and Founder, RightNow Technologies
A serial entrepreneur, Greg founded RightNow in 1997 and took the company public in 2004 with one of that year’s most successful initial public offerings. Greg has grown RightNow to more than 700 employees worldwide and more than $100 million in revenue. Greg also founded Bootstrap Montana, a program [...]
Here is a good analysis of where Barack Obama and John McCain stand on tax policy issues.
By Greg Gianforte, Guest Author
[SM: On the heels of my Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction column, I'd like to welcome Greg Gianforte, CEO of RightNow, whose interview you have read recently, to share his perspective on bootstrapping.]
SM: When you were president of the ICC, what were the main areas you wanted to improve?
JD: Everything. Coaching, umpiring, and everything associated with the game, and I needed the money to do that.
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