Eric M. Jackson
Bornc. 1976 (age 47–48)
EducationStanford University (1998)
OccupationCEO/co-founder of CapLinked
Known forFormer VP of marketing at PayPal

Eric M. Jackson is the co-founder of CapLinked, a project management and business transaction company.[1] He is founder and former CEO of World Ahead Publishing (which was purchased by WorldNetDaily in 2007), and is a former vice president of marketing at PayPal. He is one of the PayPal Mafia, a growing number of PayPal alumni who have started new ventures after eBay bought the online payments firm.[2]

Career

In 1998, Jackson received a B.A. in economics with honors from Stanford University.[3] He served on the board of directors of The Stanford Review.[4] Jackson maintains the book publishing industry blog called Conservative Publisher.[5]

In 2005, Jackson accused Google of political bias for removing online ads for a book critical of Bill Clinton. Google responded that no previously-approved ads had been removed.[6]

Jackson's own book The PayPal Wars (ISBN 0-9746701-0-3) chronicles PayPal's origins and discusses the legal, regulatory, and competitive threats entrepreneurs must overcome in today's business environment.[7] It has been profiled by Reason Magazine,[8] The Washington Times,[9] the Mises Institute,[10] Tech Central Station,[11] and Tom Peters.[12]

Jackson appears as a conservative commentator on radio and television programs. He has been quoted in Forbes,[13] BusinessWeek,[14] TheStreet.com,[15] U.S. News & World Report,[16] and Publishers Weekly, [17] among other publications.

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Jackson". caplinked.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The PayPal Exodus". Forbes. July 12, 2006.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Eric M. (June 6, 2003). "Stanford: Where Does the Money Go?". Stanford Review. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ Archived April 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "ConservativePublisher.com". conservativepublisher.blogspot.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Google Defends Not Running Anti-Clinton Banners - Direct Marketing News". dmnews.com. Archived from the original on November 2, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Shopping". paypalwars.com. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Who Killed PayPal? - Reason Magazine". reason.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2008. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ "20th-century evils, Silicon Valley wars". The Washington Times. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  10. ↑ "The Genius and Struggle of PayPal". Mises Daily. January 4, 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Tech Central Station". www.techcentralstation.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  12. ↑ "PayPal - tompeters!". tompeters.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  13. ↑ "PayPal's Growing Pains". Forbes. April 14, 2005. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.
  14. ↑ "PayPal Spreads Its Wings". businessweek.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2005. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  15. ↑ "eBay Grooms Another Phenom - The Signal and The Noise News - Print Financial & Investing Articles - TheStreet". thestreet.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Washington Whispers - U.S. News & World Report". usnews.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  17. ↑ "'Liberals' Selling Right and Left". Publishers Weekly. October 21, 2005. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
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