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I stumbled upon the below video earlier tonight - it's from an episode of the internet TV reality show called "The Next Internet Millionaire" which I was a featured guest on way back in 2007. The host of the show is successful internet marketer and friend Joel Comm. This video is 45 minutes long and it starts with a recap of the previous episode....I don't come on until around minute 21.30 or so.... Granted this is an oldie, but it was a great time spending a few days in Colorado and finds itself on my top ...

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This video is a bit dated, but probably the most in-depth interview I ever did. The thing I appreciate about it the most is the balance in questions between family and work life. Of course....fast forward since the video was conducted in 2009 and I now have three kids (Kris Jr. (3 yrs old), Lauren (2 yrs old), and Jackson (almost 4 months old))....I sold Pepperjam to GSI Commerce / eBay, founded an early stage technology investment fund called KBJ Capital (www.kbjcapital.com) and most recently was appointed CEO of one of my portfolio companies called ReferLocal (www.referlocal.com)...a company ...

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Isn't it great to be alive!!! We all have limitless ideas and the ability to accomplish practically anything we want! Well....why don't we? Why is it that there are more "idea people" than "action people?" I'm here to tell you that ideas are a dime a dozen (I know, you've heard that before....but stick with me here) and action ISN'T enough, but it (ACTION) is certainly the first step to moving toward your goals and accomplishing your dreams. The purpose of this post is to explore what separates winners and losers, well intentioned idea people from millionaires, and success ...

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After taking the summer to spend time with my wife, son Kris Jr, daughter Lauren, and newborn Jackson....it's time to get back to work! Well.....I never stopped working but I did take a few months off from travel and public speaking outside of local events and seminars in my hometown of Wilkes Barre / Scranton, Pennsylvania. In addition, I started a new company (more on that in a later post) and put some money to work in various early stage and alternative types of investments. So....for those of you that attend internet marketing conferences or just so happen to attend ...

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I'm excited to present to you an exclusive interview with KBJ Capital portfolio company APPEK Mobile Apps. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Adam Ceresko shares his vision for the future of APPEK Mobile Apps and the broader mobile application industry in general, while also providing some tips for young entrepreneurs on what it takes to raise funding, build buzz, and penetrate a fast growing market. In all respects, Adam and his team at APPEK are crushing it! If you are an APPEK Mobile Apps ...

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Over the coming weeks and months I will be featuring exclusive interviews with the entrepreneurs that lead the various early stage technology start-ups that I mentor and support with investment capital through my start-up angel fund KBJ Capital. To kick things off I am happy to provide an exclusive interview with Josh Mullineaux, the co-founder and CEO of KBJ Capital Portfolio company Highlighter.com. This interview is particularly timely since just today Highlighter announced the release of Highlighter.com 2.0!!! KRIS: Congrats on the release of Highlighter.com 2.0! Please tell us more about the new and ...

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I spent the last three days in New York City at TechCrunch Disrupt with two KBJ Capital portfolio companies: Yumm.com and APPEK Mobile Apps. Both Yumm and APPEK absolutely crushed TechCrunch Disrupt! APPEK Mobile Apps From the time Adam Ceresko and Andrew Herman (Cofounders of APPEK) hit the Start-up Alley floor on Monday until the place closed down around 6pm the booth was packed - even Michael Arrington (founder of TechCrunch) stopped by with questions for the guys, as did representatives from Sequoia Capital, Google, and Bing. Appek Mobile ...

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The picture above is of Obinna Ekezie, Former NBA Player and current CEO of Nigerian Travel Company Wakanow.com Last year I spoke at an investor conference in New York City which included 400 of the world's most successful internet entrepreneurs - while I had the opportunity to meet some incredibly smart and talented people one guy stood out in the crowd more than anyone else....Obinna Ekezie, and it wasn't only because he is nearly 7 ft tall. :) Not surprisingly, Obinna Ekezie is a former college and professional basketball player...first at the University of Maryland ...

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Yesterday was one of the highlights of my professional career as eBay announced the acquisition of GSI Commerce, the parent company of Pepperjam, which I founded in 1999 (and sold to GSI in 2009). Pepperjam was an offshoot of a gourmet food company my brother Rick and I founded in 1999 called Grandma Jones' Originals, Inc. I founded Pepperjam as an internet marketing and consulting company while I was a graduate student studying psychology at Villanova University. After graduating from Villanova in 2000 I went on to study government law at Albany Law School where ...

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I'm happy to announce that I've invested $50,000 (through my investment fund KBJ Capital) in B2B mobile app developer APPEK Mobile Apps! As a condition of the investment I will join APPEK as a strategic advisor and member of the APPEK board of advisors. After meeting with dozens of mobile app start-up technology companies from across the country I quickly discovered that APPEK Mobile Apps (located in my home town of Northeastern, Pennsylvania) is particularly well positioned to immediately take advantage of the massive supply demand discrepancy that exists between the tens of thousands ...

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Vanessa Zamora, Video Content Producer at WebmasterWorld, interviewed me on a range of topics, including the impact of Google Instant, Google Suggest, and Google Local on SEO during PubCon, Las Vegas in November 2010. The video is about (8) minutes in length....but is probably one of the better videos I've done in terms of dishing my perspective on a range of issues impacting the search engine optimization (SEO) space, including Google Instant, Google Suggest, Local, and more! For instance, one of the things I point out is that Google appears to have a commercial bias in the way ...

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