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Photos
& Highlights From the First IDN Event Saturday Night
in New York City
With
interest in IDN domains growingit
was just a matter of time before the first
formal IDN conference was staged in the U.S.IDN
Event, organized by Aaron Krawitz
and Gary Males of IDN
Tools, was held Saturday night
(Oct. 30, 2010) at the Park AvenueHaru
Restaurant in New York City.
Our
friend Steve Kaziyev of NamePursuit.com,
who lives in New York, was among the attendees
and Steve was kind enough to send us some photos
and highlights from the meeting. There were
about 40 guests on hand and nearly all flew in
for the event, including several who came from
other countries.
Elliot
Silver (standing) delivered a
well-received
presentation about business website
development.
The agenda
featured four presentations that
were delivered while guests enjoyed
a three-course sushi dinner. The
sessions included IDN 101
delivered by Krawitz and Males, The
IDN Advantage presented by
.Asia CEO Edmon Chung, Geo
Domaining explained by Associated
Cities Executive Director Patrick
Carleton, and Small
Website/Business Development
presented by Elliot Silver of
ElliotsBlog.com.
A panel
discussion, featuring Andrew Snow
and Michael Schneider,
followed the presentations and
included a market review, tips for
buying and selling IDNs, .com vs
ccTLD considerations plus future
predictions.
Elliot
Silver (ElliotsBlog.com) and his wife
Karen were among the guests at IDN
Event.
By
the time business closed with a
lively one hour networking
session it was close to
midnight. That was no time to slow
down though, so attendees piled
into a limo and headed for an
after party at a local
club.
IDN
Event was also accompanied by a SnapNames
IDN Showcase auction
that is still going on
online. Bidding closes at 3:15pm
Eastern time Wednesday afternoon
(Nov. 3) so you still have time to
check out the catalog.
Krawitz
and Males said the positive
reception for this first IDN event
means they will likely make it an
annual affair.
Patrick
Carleton of Associated
Cities was among the IDN
enthusiasts who came to New
York City for the meeting.
In
the crowd at IDN Event (L
to R above): David Stadler (NameDrive),
John Yeomans, Steve
Kaziyev, Tony Cassala (AirportService.com),
Nat Cohen (Telepathy) &
Edmon Chung (.asia).
Moshe
Schneider (right), who has been
involved in six-figure IDN transactions,
came
all the way from Israel for IDN
Event. Andrew Snow is seated to
his left.
Above:
A scene from the 2010 IDN Event afterparty
in the wee hours of
Sunday morning, Nov. 4. (This photo courtesy of
Aaron Krawitz).
One other
note today. We just published our latest
monthly Cover
Story and I think it is one
our best. Former
football player Chad Folkening has
had to continually change directions to
get around obstacles in life. A series of
untimely events broke his body, derailed a
business and, in the most unbearable one
of all, claimed the life of a 25-year-old
brother. Yet Folkening has managed to come
through it all, learn from experience and
emerge stronger than ever as a leading
player in the domain investment and
website development world.
Folkening
might be the best kept secret in
the domain industry. Don't get me wrong.
Certainly a lot of people in this business
know the friendly Midwesterner and he has
been one of the biggest players in the
spacesince the mid 90s. However,
the self effacing Indiana native,
who was a two-time All-State football
player, has never been one to talk a lot
about himself or his business success. As
a result, you haven't seen his name in
industry headlines nearly as often as some
of his famous contemporaries. It's
time for that to change. The complete
article is at this link:
Chad
Folkening Founder,
eCorp.com
and Co-Founder,
Domain Holdings LLC
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