Ted Murphy Loves Geeks 5.21.08
During my visit to Orlando, Florida last week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ted Murphy at Izea headquarters. As Ted’s shirt insinuates, he likes “creating chaos.” His business ventures have a tendency to do just that. PayPerPost caused quite a stir in the last year, and his new company is getting loads of attention - for different reasons.
SocialSpark is Izea’s newest attempt at creating a marketplace between bloggers and advertisers. This time around, Ted has gotten it “right” (according to many - including Jason Calacanis) with policies that include: 100% disclosure, 100% transparency, 100% real opinion, 100% no follow. If you’ve got content, creativity and influence - check out SocialSpark and jump into the marketplace.
I have to give a quick shout out to Ted’s web2.0 reality TV show, RockStartUp. Ted and the team share their start-up journey with the world. As someone who has worked at quite a few start-ups, I’d have to say the show is spot on!
Don’t forget to check out my interview with Ted back at @sxswbloghaus in March.
Rock on Ted!
Steph,
It was awesome seeing you and talking about what we are up to. Looking forward to IZEAFest! You are so going to do a cakeplow ; )
Thank you Ted! I am really looking forward to September in Orlando. As for the cake plow - I also CANNOT WAIT. I’ve been known to start cake fights at parties over the years.
Cheers,
Stephanie