One other note today - I wanted to acknowledge and thank legendary domain investor Frank Schilling and the many other industry leaders and friends who contributed to an article about me that Frank published on his popular blog Tuesday.

It doesn't surprise me that Frank would be the one to put something like that together - his thoughtfulness and the encouragement he showers on others made a huge impression on me the first time I spoke to him when I was just starting out in this business years ago.  

I had only recently launched DN Journal and it was still barely on anyone's radar when Frank, whom I had never met, called me out of the blue one day just to tell me he liked what I was doing. He went on to give me some excellent advice about domain investing and I was thinking "here is one of the most successful domain investors of all time spending his time boosting the spirits of a newbie and sharing knowledge that most would have kept to themselves." 

Frank Schilling

That told me a lot about him and as time went on and I met Frank in person, met some of his friends and mentors and others he has in turned mentored along the way, it was obvious that my first experience was no isolated incident - that is just Frank. 

Over the years, you have often heard me talk about this industry attracting a very special group of people - bright, creative and caring entrepreneurs who are energized by each other and by being together in the right place at the right time as the Internet redraws the world's business landscape. Frank was the seed from which that opinion sprouted and it grew as I met so many others with similar qualities - more than I have encountered in any other business as a participant or reporter. To have earned his respect and that of the many other special individuals that wrote in his article and its commentary section is the highest honor I could possibly receive. So, thank you one and all.