Meet a combative data publisher, Eric Jackson.
Eric Jackson, CEO & Co-Founder, CapLinked
As PayPal’s head of marketing from 1999 to 2004, Eric was a leading champion of that company’s mission to overhaul global currency markets. On this quest to make Internet history Eric had to combat the dot-com bust, hordes of government regulators,
trial lawyers, and organized crime rings, and wage a fierce and ultimately losing battle with eBay – all of which he documented in the riveting The Pay Pal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia and the Rest of Planet Earth.
After this, Eric was battle tested and ready to enter the investment arena on the side of the David’s. His mission was to arm them with the same capability to raise and manage funds as the Goliaths. His startup, CapLinked, matches up entrepreneurs with private investors and provides them with a secure “deal room” to post news and updates on their startups. But its real power, and the reason it has garnered a 2012 InfoCommerce Model of Excellence, is in marrying the transactional benefits of a marketplace with workflow tools that keep marketplace participants active and engaged.
We’re happy Eric didn’t put up a fight to join the Making Markets session. In fact, he’s eager to tell you how he is building not just a diy investor relations vehicle and marketplace for the deal ecosystem, but a community which contains all the innovation, drive, competitiveness, and perseverance needed to create the economic powerhouses of the future.
Join Eric and close to 200 data producers gathering at DataContent to explore the intersection of Data, Communities, and Markets.
At DataContent, you’ll get a clear understanding of where data fits in your future. Most importantly, you’ll leave with an understanding of the trends that are the most profitable AND the contacts and know-how to incorporate them into your own business.
Our sessions go beyond the data hype—we’re assembling the people advancing, transforming, and disrupting the industry to give you straight talk on why the data business is the hottest segment of the information industry and why it will continue to grow.