All About Dave Taylor

I have a number of academic credentials if that's interesting to you, including a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, a Master's in Education from Purdue University, and a Master's in Business Administration from University of Baltimore, Merrick School of Business. I generally skip the alphabet soup after my name, though.

On the business side, I have created and launched four Internet related startups, the first of which was The Internet Mall. The original one. Long since vanished into obscurity, of course, but I was definitely part of the dot-com bubble and in addition to my own startups I served on the board of a number of different small companies (and continue to do so today) and have worked with various investment and venture capital firms as a due diligence analyst and even an entrepreneur in residence.

In parallel, I learned to write, and write I did. Twenty books. Thousands of magazine and newspaper articles. Today I continue to write both online and off, including being published in the Boulder Daily Camera, the Boulder Weekly, Linux Journal, and Colorado Business Magazine. No books in the pipeline, though, but I write forewords for a few books a year still: if you're looking for someone to write your foreword, drop me a note!

I'm a frequent - and award-winning - public speaker who goes to a lot of trade and professional conferences every year. I've run large conferences, I've given dozens of keynote talks, moderated panels, argued on panels, and done just about every other job necessary to keep a conference running smoothly. I teach at a variety of colleges and private institutions, and in addition to helping run two weekly podcasts I also used to co-host an AM-radio phone-in computer show on AM760 here in Colorado.

I now split my time between free tech support here on AskDaveTaylor, film reviews on my popular DaveOnFilm.com site, parenting discussions on The Attachment Parenting Blog and business, marketing and industry analysis at The Business Blog @ Intuitive.com. Along with a zillion other things.

Looking to find me in your favorite social network? The best bet is to start with my cheatsheet page at DaveTaylorOnline.com, or just pop directly to my Google Plus account.

And hey, thanks for stopping by!

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