Welcome
to the 10th edition of our annual State
of the Industry Cover Story. Every
January since 2005 we have assembled a
distinguished panel of experts drawn from
every corner of the industry-
including domain investors, developers,
top corporate leaders and attorneys
- to give us their thoughts on the key
trends of the past year and what they saw
coming our way in the new year ahead.
This year we
have put together our biggest panel ever, 17
of the industry' best and brightest, and
split them into two groups of eight each -
one comprised of investors &
developers and one of corporate
leaders. We will the extra spot with
an attorney who has a foot firmly planted
on each side of the line.
- See more at: http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2014/january.htm#sthash.YJo3bmZs.dpuf
Welcome
to the 10th edition of our annual State
of the Industry Cover Story. Every
January since 2005 we have assembled a
distinguished panel of experts drawn from
every corner of the industry-
including domain investors, developers,
top corporate leaders and attorneys
- to give us their thoughts on the key
trends of the past year and what they saw
coming our way in the new year ahead.
This year we
have put together our biggest panel ever, 17
of the industry' best and brightest, and
split them into two groups of eight each -
one comprised of investors &
developers and one of corporate
leaders. We will the extra spot with
an attorney who has a foot firmly planted
on each side of the line.
- See more at: http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2014/january.htm#sthash.YJo3bmZs.dpuf
For as long as there have
been domains there have been domain investors dreaming
of developing at least one of their favorite
properties into a successful online business. After
all, one hit website can
generate more income than thousands of undeveloped
domains put together. The problem is developing a
successful
online business is infinitely harder
than building a website.
Shortcuts, like the
short-lived mini-site craze from a years back, simply didn't cut it and
there was little appetite among domain investors for taking on the enormous
challenge of building a real business online. Some
discouraged would-be developers might even argue it is
a hopeless task were it
not for people like Sol
Orwell who have proven otherwise.
Orwell, a
regular attendee at early domain
conferences, took the next step and went all
in on development. With the success of
his Examine.com
website, the 33-year-old Toronto-based
entrepreneur has become a featured subject
in mainstream business and lifestyle publications
like Forbes and Men's
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