- Jeff Stibel
Jeffrey Stibel is the
President and CEO ofWeb.com , Inc. and anentrepreneur , having started numerous technology and marketing companies. At age 32, he became one of the youngest public company CEOs in America and opened the NASDAQ stock market on June 15, 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/200706/market_open_061507.stm|title=Stibel opens NASDAQ Stock Market|publisher=NASDAQ] [cite web|url=http://www.gpb.org/public/tv/gbr/shows.jsp?episid=4116&catid=1107|title=Stibel on PBS TV|publisher=PBS] [cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/careers/content/dec2006/ca20061218_984114.htm?campaign_id=rss_null|title=Jeff Stibel: Web Head|publisher=Business Week] He is also a brain scientist and publishedauthor .Business
As an entrepreneur and business executive, Stibel has helped start and grow a number of companies and was listed as one of Business Week's "40 under 40." [cite web|url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/12/1216_under40/48.htm|title=Public CEOs under 40|publisher=Business Week] He is currently the President and CEO of
Web.com (NASDAQ : WWWW) and was previously the CEO ofInterland (NASDAQ: INLD). [cite web|url=http://www.web.com/web-hosting-provider/management.aspx|title=Web.com Management Page|publisher=Web.com, Inc] He also serves on the Board of Directors forAutobytel (NASDAQ: ABTL). [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2006/12/12/businesswire20061212006162r1.html|title=Stibel Joins ABTL Board|publisher=Forbes] He was General Manager and Senior Vice President ofUnited Online (NASDAQ: UNTD), which runs ISPsNetZero and Juno, andsocial networking siteClassmates.com . [cite web|url=http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06011120.htm?ref=foolwatch|title=Interland Spins a new Web|publisher=Motley Fool] He was the founder and CEO of Applied Cognition Labs, WorldWide MediaWorks (offeroutlet.com), [cite web|url=http://www.axonlabs.com/invadv/jstibel.html|title= Company Bio|publisher=Axon Labs] SeaVista Development andSimpli [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/1999/10/04/feat.html|title=How Google is that|publisher=Forbes] , which is currently owned byValueClick , (NASDAQ: VCLK). [cite web|url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=84375&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=679947|title= ValueClick introduces Simpli|publisher=Press Release] He currently sits on theBoard of Directors of Web.com, EdgeCast [cite web|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119725250387418934.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news|title= Disney invests in CDN|publisher=Wall Street Journal] [cite web|url=http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/11/edgecast-teams-up-with-disney-for-6-million/|title= EdgeCast Teams Up With Disney for $6 Million|publisher=New York Times] , Autobytel, ThinMail, [cite web|url=http://www.thinmail.com/ceoannounce.html|title= Thinmail lands new CEO and Board member|publisher=Press Release]The Search Agency [cite web|url=http://biz.yahoo.com/e/060809/wwww10-q.html|title= Disclosure Statement|publisher=SEC Filing] andAxon Labs . [cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/03/28/a_gentler_way_to_start_the_day/|title=A gentler way to start your day|publisher=Boston Globe] He also serves on the academic Boards ofBrown University ’s Entrepreneurship Program [cite web|url= http://www.webhosting.info/news/1/web.com-partners-with-brown-university_0817067178.htm|title=Web.com partners with Brown University|publisher=Web Info] andTufts University ’s Leadership Center. [cite web|url=http://www.web.com/web-hosting-provider/management.aspx|title=Web.com Management Page|publisher=Web.com, Inc]Stibel left graduate school to start Simpli, a search and marketing company that was sold to NetZero in 2001 and again to ValueClick in 2004. [cite web|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/12/01/292674/index.htm|title=The best places to live|publisher=Money Magazine] He started Simpli with professors from
Brown University (James A. Anderson ,Steve Reiss ),MIT (Dan Ariely ) andPrinceton University (George A. Miller), as well as entrepreneurs David Landan, Peter Delgrosso and Carl Dunham. He later helped form United Online, a public company that acquired NetZero and Juno in 2001 and later bought Classmates.com. In 2005, he left United Online to become the CEO of Interland [cite web|url=http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=32751|title=Interland Taps United Online Vet|publisher=MediaPost] , a public company that later changed its name to Web.com. [cite web|url=http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2007/08/06/smallb2.html|title=Young CEO has knack for turning around cos.|publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle]Brain Science
As an academic and scientist, Stibel focused most of his career on
brain science , the interdisciplinary study ofpsychology ,philosophy ,artificial intelligence andneuroscience . [cite web|url=http://brainsciences.brown.edu/|title=Brain Science Program at Brown University|publisher=Brown University] He received degrees in philosophy and psychology as an undergraduate atTufts University and countsDan Dennett as a mentor. [cite web|url=http:// http://enews.tufts.edu/focus/44/2008/03/19/TheSecretstoSuccess|title= TheSecretstoSuccess |publisher=Tufts E-News] He received a degree in brain science atBrown University , where he studied under James A. Anderson. [cite web|url=http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2007/02/02/Features/At.33.Alum.Has.A.Dozen.Startups.Behind.Him-2694041.shtml|title=Brown Alum Has A Dozen Startups Behind Him|publisher=Brown University Daily Herald] He also studied business,marketing andeconomics under Dan Ariely atMIT Sloan School of Management . Stibel has published numerous academic articles in brain science, psychology, economics and business, and he is a regular contributor toHarvard Business School . [cite web|url=http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/stibel/2008/06/the-internet-is-a-brain.html|title= Stibel Bio on Harvard|publisher=Harvard Business Press]References and Published Work
# Stibel (2007). [http://sloanreview.mit.edu/smr/issue/2007/fall/06/ Discounting Do’s and Don’ts] , "MIT Sloan Management Review", Vol. 49, No. 1.
# Stibel (2006). [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/pijp/2006/00000041/00000002/art00006 The Role of Explanation in Categorization Decisions] , "International Journal of Psychology", 41.2.
# Stibel (2006). [http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_articles.cgi?bookid=P%26C%2014%3A2&artid=997091602 Categorization and Technology Innovation] , in Harnad & Dror, "Distributed Cognition", John Benjamins. (Book Chapter)
# Stibel (2005). [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/tbit/2005/00000024/00000002/art00007 Mental Models and Online Consumer Behavior] , "Behavior & Information Technology", 24.
# Stibel (2005). [http://www.springerlink.com/content/gbnwep30u0x0m87y/?p=96bf803289ff4c7088b9ebbf2705cb43&pi=0 Increasing Productivity through Framing Effects for Interactive Consumer Choice] , "Cognition, Technology & Work", 7.1.
# Stibel, with Slovak, Over & Sloman (2003). [http://www.cog.brown.edu/~sloman/papers/FrequencyIllusions.pdf Frequency Illusions and Other Fallacies] , "Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes", 91.
# Stibel, with Ben-Zeev, Sloman & Dennis (2000). [http://bss.sfsu.edu/tbenzeev/Montyhallmemorycognition.pdf Choice and Judgment in Decision Making: Working Memory Demands Mediate the Monty Hall Dilemma] , "Psychonomics".
# Stibel (2000). Should I quit my job and start a company—Yes!, "Associated Press".
# Stibel (1999). [http://dl.lib.brown.edu/theses/theses.php?task=search&id=13062 The Role of Explanation in Categorization] , Copyrighted Graduate Dissertation, Brown University, "Dissertation Abstracts International "
# Stibel, with Hadjichristidis, Over, Stevenson & Sloman (1999). Opening Pandora's Box: Selective Unpacking and Superadditivity, "ECCS", 265-270.
# Stibel (1995). The Effects of Associativity, Interconnectivity and Generation on Memory, Copyrighted Thesis, "Dissertation Abstracts International ", Call number: 39090010918650b.
# Stibel, with Ben-Zeev, & Dror. [http://www.psychology.soton.ac.uk/people/showpublications.php?username=id&source= Dissociating Choice and Judgment in Decision Making: The Collapsing Choice Theory] , under review, "Memory & Cognition".Notes
External links
* [http://www.web.com Web.com] — Interland, Trellix, Web.com
* [http://www.UnitedOnline.com United Online] — NetZero, Juno, Classmates.com
* [http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/stibel/ Harvard Business School's Jeff Stibel] - Stibel's Articles at Harvard
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