October 7, 2012 Interview with Kevin Ryan, CEO and founder of Gilt flash sale eCommerce Podcast Share this post: Minter Dialogue #36 This interview is with Kevin P. Ryan, entrepreneur, business leader and angel investor. As CEO, he helped build DoubleClick basically from scratch into a multi-billion dollar business. Kevin has since gone on to invest in a number of winning adventures and co-founded with Dwight Merriman (the former CTO of DoubleClick), the Alleycorp network that includes three companies each of which has met with great success, namely the hugely popular Business Insider for business news and analysis, 10gen (Mongo Database) and the upscale GILT flash sale e-commerce site. Without surprise, Kevin Ryan was named one of the “50 Most Influential Business People” by Crain’s New York Business. In this interview, as ever, Kevin calls it as he sees it and provides non stop great perspectives and thoughts on building a successful business. To connect with or follow Kevin Ryan: Follow him on Twitter Other sites mentioned by Kevin: JetSetter (another property of the Gilt Group) – on pinterest Politico Talking Points Memo ————– Further resources for the Minter Dialogue Radio Show: Meanwhile, you can find my other English-speaking interviews on the Minter Dialogue Radio Show on Megaphone or via iTunes. Please don’t be shy about rating this podcast on iTunes! And for the francophones reading this, if you want to get more podcasts, you can also find my radio show en français over at : MinterDial.fr, on Megaphone or in iTunes. NEWSletter Subscribe to Minter’s Bi-Weekly NEWSletter and receive a free copy of the exclusive and updated 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation Your Gift For Signing Up 8 Golden Rules of an eReputation SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! Alleycorp, business, Business Insider, DoubleClick, ecommerce, flash sale, GIlt, INSEAD, Kevin Ryan, leadership, Mongo, MongoDB, Podcast Minter Dial Minter Dial is an international professional speaker, author & consultant on Leadership, Branding and Digital Strategy. After a successful international career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots and has spent the last ten years helping senior management teams and Boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced marketplace. He has worked with world-class organisations to help activate their brand strategies, and figure out how best to integrate new technologies, digital tools, devices and platforms. Above all, Minter works to catalyse a change in mindset and dial up transformation. Minter received his BA in Trilingual Literature from Yale University (1987) and gained his MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1993). His books include Heartificial Empathy, Putting Heart into Business and Artificial Intelligence, bowed in December 2018 and won the Book Excellence Award 2019 as well as being shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2019. It's available in Audiobook, Kindle and Paperback. He is also co-author of Futureproof (Pearson, Sep 2017) and sole author of The Last Ring Home (Myndset Press, Nov 2016), a book and documentary film, both of which have won awards and critical acclaim. Minter's newest book on leadership, You Lead, How being yourself makes you a better leader, published by Kogan Page, was released January 2021. It's easy to inquire about booking Minter Dial here. View all posts by Minter Dial Previous post Next post
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