The Babe Ruth of Business Development: Ron Sheridan's Rise from Orphan to MVP - DNForum - Domain Sales, Domain Forum, Domain Appraisals, Domain Registrars

**Duke** · 02-15-2009, 11:46 PM

The new February Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. At the end of January, one of the key figures in the domain industry boom that followed a turn of the century bust began a new chapter in his life. Ron Sheridan, the quintessential Business Development Director at DomainSponsor.com walked away from his full-time job at the company he helped build into a powerhouse in the PPC space.

Sheridan made a lot of friends along the way because he felt the best way to help build up his own company was to shepherd individual domainers and entrepreneurs who were striving to build something of their own.

Legendary domain investor Frank Schilling told us, "Ron’s fingerprints are on every facet of the modern domain industry. It’s also heartbreakingly beautiful how he’s made so much with the hand he was dealt. Ron never knew his biological family. I like to think this helps to explain why he adopts so many others." You can read the full story here: http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/february.htm

**dmyre** · 02-16-2009, 02:48 PM

Interesting read. One thing that caught my attention is that the domain mentioned at the end of the article, isn't even parked at DS.

**Acro** · 02-16-2009, 03:51 PM

Top-quality article, Ron. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. You should be writing for Fortune magazine.

**Duke** · 02-16-2009, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Acro

Top-quality article, Ron. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. You should be writing for Fortune magazine.

I would but I can't afford to take the pay cut.

**trader** · 02-16-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dmyre

Interesting read. One thing that caught my attention is that the domain mentioned at the end of the article, isn't even parked at DS.

I was surprised to notice that too

but was hesitant to first mention it.

Wondering if it was parked elsewhere (and reason why) even before Ron left DS? If that is correct it sure is not much of a vote of confidence in DS's performance.

What firm does that parking anyway, it looks like a high CTR potential page desgn and features.

**stewie** · 02-16-2009, 10:07 PM

thx great story

02-15-2009, 11:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Duke DNF Addict Last Online: 11-19-2009 07:45 AM iTrader: (20) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 5,753 DNF$: 6,442 Location: Florida	The Babe Ruth of Business Development: Ron Sheridan's Rise from Orphan to MVP The new February Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. At the end of January, one of the key figures in the domain industry boom that followed a turn of the century bust began a new chapter in his life. Ron Sheridan, the quintessential Business Development Director at DomainSponsor.com walked away from his full-time job at the company he helped build into a powerhouse in the PPC space. Sheridan made a lot of friends along the way because he felt the best way to help build up his own company was to shepherd individual domainers and entrepreneurs who were striving to build something of their own. Legendary domain investor Frank Schilling told us, "Ron’s fingerprints are on every facet of the modern domain industry. It’s also heartbreakingly beautiful how he’s made so much with the hand he was dealt. Ron never knew his biological family. I like to think this helps to explain why he adopts so many others." You can read the full story here: http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2009/february.htm __________________ DNJournal.com MythBuster: Former Farmer Gregg McNair Proves Opportunties Still Abound in the Domain Business NameNewbie.com

02-16-2009, 02:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
dmyre Last Online: Today 08:43 PM iTrader: (35) Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,975 DNF$: 8,320	Interesting read. One thing that caught my attention is that the domain mentioned at the end of the article, isn't even parked at DS. __________________

02-16-2009, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
Acro Bloody lovely Last Online: Today 08:07 PM iTrader: (394) Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 23,903 DNF$: 4,071 Location: USA Country:	Top-quality article, Ron. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. You should be writing for Fortune magazine. __________________ DomainGang.com - Domainers' Most Awesome News Source Acroplex - Web & Graphics Acro.net - My Blog My Countdown Counting down to: Snapnames rebate hitting my mailbox 81 days 3 hours 10 minutes

02-16-2009, 10:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
stewie DNF Member Last Online: Today 06:50 PM iTrader: (46) Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,112 DNF$: 17 Location: Canada Country:	thx great story __________________ . . . Buying LLL.ca & LLLL.com /generic domains, pm w/pricing...thx

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