Ben Padnos

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Ben Padnos is an Internet entrepreneur based in Manhattan Beach, California USA.

Padnos, 34, an Internet Sales and Marketing pioneer, has more than 12 years of online sales, strategy, marketing and business development experience, including 4 years @ Yahoo! Inc. from 1997-2001. He has founded or co-founded several successful Internet start-ups, including CashFlowFromCreditCards[1], EndTheDebate[2], which purchased Barry Bonds' 755th home run baseball at auction, and Search Engine Marketing firm, Better, Inc.[3].

[edit] Biography

After attending the University of Michigan, Ben headed to Southern California to become Co-Founder and Director of Marketing at California-based University Netcasting, Inc. (UNI).

He successfully developed the marketing, advertising and sponsorship plans for UNI's launch of a new collegiate on-line sports network, FANSonly, which helped secure nearly $5mm in venture capital funding. FANSonly was acquired by Student Advantage prior to their IPO in 1999^[1]. The site is now known as CSTV.com, owned by Viacom^[2], and is considered the #1 website specifically devoted to college sports.

[edit] Current Work

Ben founded DONE! Ventures[4] in October, 2001 after leaving Yahoo’s ValueLab. DONE! has incubated several successful businesses, including eCreditCards[5], CashFlowFromCreditCards[6], audio file sharing site, Audioo[7], and a search engine marketing firm, Better, Inc.[8].

BetterPPC[9] is a scientific ad copy testing and optimization platform for pay-per-click advertising services Google AdWords and Yahoo! Search Marketing. Better, Inc.'s Search Engine Optimization service, DONE! SEO[10] has been profiled in Newsweek^[3], Kiplinger's Personal Journal^[4], WashingtonPost.com^[5], MSNBC.com^[6], and ComputerWorld^[7]. The company is also known for its “get found on Google” service called SearchForMeOnline[11].

Ben serves on the Board of Directors of Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Company, Inc.[12] a century-old family owned and operated scrap metal and paper processing and recycling firm based in Holland, Michigan.

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