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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

socalTECH

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. But, there are not many funded players in the space. A very small amount of those sites have had funding, but there are certainly websites about lists. Most of that funding is going towards staffing up. What's the story behind Ranker?

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

As a serial entrepreneur and Internet visionary, Richard co-founded Demand Media in May 2006, and currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Richard Rosenblatt. He is a frequent public speaker. Dave McClure.