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University of Michigan.
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Ben Padnos
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Padnos, born January 1974 in Cambridge, Master of Arts, worked for Yahoo! from 1997-2001. He has founded or co-founded several Internet start-ups, including CashFlowFromCreditCards, EndTheDebate (which purchased Barry Bonds" 755th home run baseball at auction), and search engine marketing firm Better, Incorporated., which was acquired by Tsavo Media, Incorporated. in September 2008. Tsavo is a spin-off of Guelph, Ontario, Canada-based Moxy Media, Incorporated.
He was responsible for developing the marketing, advertising and sponsorship plans for University"s launch of a new collegiate on-line sports network, FANSonly, which helped secure nearly $5m in venture capital funding.
FANSonly was acquired by Student Advantage prior to their IPO in 1999.
The site is now part of the Columbia Broadcasting System Sports Network, owned by Columbia Broadcasting System Corporation and is considered the #1 website specifically devoted to college sports. Padnos is an investor in early-stage public and private companies.
He founded DONE! Ventures in October, 2001 after leaving Yahoo"s ValueLab. DONE! has incubated businesses including eCreditCards, CashFlowFromCreditCards, audio file sharing site Audioo, and a search engine marketing firm Better, Incorporated.
BetterPPC is a scientific ad copy testing and optimization platform for pay-per-click advertising services Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing.
Better, Incorporated."s Search Engine Optimization service, DONE! SEO has been profiled in Newsweek, Kiplinger"s Personal Journal, WashingtonPost.com, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company.com, and ComputerWorld.
Padnos serves on the Board of Directors of Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company, Incorporated., a century-old family owned and operated scrap metal and paper processing and recycling firm based in Holland, Michigan.
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