Somebody said I should do this. Why not? Ask away. I may not be able to respond to all questions quickly... you know, I still have to be CEO of a $100 million business today.
Ryan
The story:
PART ONE
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PART THREE
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PART FIVE
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02-12-2008, 01:16 PM #1Registered User
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Ask a guy that started Bodybuilding.com anything...
Last edited by IKermit; 03-08-2008 at 07:30 PM.
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #2Banned
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1st
Okay:
What forum would you say provides your greatest amount of revenue in supplement purchaces, if you were able to track by screen name?
What is required to get sponsored by BB. com for athletic events, and are they only BB events, or would this include PL, OL, and Strongman?Last edited by Arlecchino; 02-12-2008 at 01:20 PM.
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #3Registered User
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What's your daily routine like?
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Free LCTW
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #4Smile
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2nd
EDIT: Doh, 3rd.Raiders
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #5MicroChipped Population
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How much do you make?
and who bought it?ears and titties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6z0xh2gl8
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #6resu deretsigeR
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1st PAGE!
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02-12-2008, 01:17 PM #7No Agony, No Bragony
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#1: What would you do if someone built a time machine and created bb.com right before you did? What would you be doing right now?
#2: why is your rep so low?All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
- Arthur Schopenhauer
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #8Scottish Beef
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Aren't these threads a bannable offence?
Were you into bodybuilding before you made the site? (shows etc..)
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #9ballin' on a budget
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what made you want to start this bidness?
BALL 'TIL i FALL - DRINK 'TIL I FAINT
****Misc. Drummer #1****
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #10Checkmate, Mr. Eko
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What made you decide to start this site?
Do you lift?All I wanna see is progress,
Forget the rest of the process
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #11Straight Cash Homie
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can I have some free Xtend?
I'm out
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #12
oh boy 12th in an epic thread!!!
what should i ask u?Last edited by muscleman420; 02-12-2008 at 07:13 PM.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #13Physique In Progress
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good job dave man
You have to put yourself first or people will put you second.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #14
Whats up!? Can I bet a MOD for being around so long (loyalty!) and never being banned
*Two in the Chest, One in the Head*
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Official Misc Meat Head #3
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #15Registered User
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Will you hire me? If not, can I just have some supplements. It's for the kids.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #16Registered User
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1st page...should be good.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #17Registered User
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I've been writing some stuff about the beginning of Bodybuilding.com for our orientation program, so I guess I can share that here to get started:
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How Bodybuilding.com Started: The Very Beginning
In 1995, I was fighting acne while the Internet was just starting to become popular. I was a big fan of computers and was lucky enough to be able to "get online" before a lot of my friends even knew what that meant. I was already dating my future wife, Bryna, and her mom worked at Micron. Micron provided her mom with a computer and an Internet connection through the Prodigy Internet service. From the very beginning, I was in awe of what you could do and find online. I spent a lot of time at Bryna's house surfing around, even while she was out working at TCBY.
I worked hard to become an expert on the Internet, and eventually made my first web page. I was so proud of it and showed it off to kids at school while we were in the library. I thought it was crazy that this HTML page that I made was magically viewable from any computer! This seems so basic now, but it really was amazing back then.
Soon I heard that people were making money from home on the Internet, and I wanted a piece of it. I read everything I could on business and entrepreneurship, while my friends were partying and hitting on girls. I started writing "special reports" that I could sell to others. I wrote about everything from getting in shape (I loved bodybuilding even more than computers), to how to use the Internet, how to start an Internet business, and getting your web page to come up at the top of the search engines. I couldn't accept credit cards, so people had to send cash in the mail. I charged $5 for each report, and it only took me a few seconds to e-mail the report to each customer.
I promoted the reports using my search engine promotion techniques and soon my mom started asking me why we were getting so many random letters in the mail. I started receiving three to four cash orders per day. That doesn't seem like a lot, but back in high school, getting $150 per week for doing almost nothing was pretty unbelievable to me. I never had money like that.
I was hooked.
Over the next few years, I would spend nearly every waking moment learning new ways to make money on the Internet. Looking back, I?m surprised that Bryna supported me so well, since that meant she spent a lot of time watching TV or reading while I was working on the computer.
Back then, not a lot of people knew how important getting to the top of the search engines was, and I focused most of my time on becoming the best I could at it. I was able to attract visitors from search engines and send them to other companies for a commission. I was making more than double what both of my parents combined were making. I had enough money to move to my own place. I was working from home, making great money, in my underwear, choosing my own hours, and I was my own boss. What else could I possibly want?
I got bored of it pretty quickly. I wanted to do more. I wanted a physical product to sell. I wanted to have a real company, with employees, customers, warehouses, offices, and more. I wanted to "go to work" and build something that would be important. I wanted something real and lasting.
This was the point when creatine started to get popular. EAS came out with their Phos****en creatine product and it became the top selling muscle building product at places like GNC. It was safe and effective, and Bill Phillips from EAS promoted it to the world through his Body-For-Life program. The only problem was that it was extremely expensive. A 1000 gram bottle was around $120!
I joined up with a bodybuilding friend and started contacting creatine manufacturers. We realized we could buy it at wholesale and sell it for only $79, directly to the consumer. That's when our site, wholesale-creatine.com, first went online.
What happened next blew my mind and I made a life decision that most people called insane...
Part Two Is Down Below!The Bodybuilding.com Mission: To help our visitors reach their health, fitness and appearance goals through information, motivation and supplementation.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #18Registered User
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1st page.
Owner of Southern Style Trucks - Houston, Texas.
Let me know if you need any after market accessories for your vehicle of any make/model and I will let you know if I can get it. We're also a diesel performance and repair facility.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #19
When will you be opening a European warehouse?
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #20Banned
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1st page
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #21Registered User
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You have any job openings in CT???
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #22Natty
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gotta gain at least 10 more lbs.
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #23Registered User
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Have you ever had lunch with Ronnie Coleman?
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #24resu deretsigeR
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can I get free supps?
can you get ronnie onto the misc?
Do you have girls all over you and can hit all the 10s you want?
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02-12-2008, 01:18 PM #25Teh Colombian
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What do you do on a typical day?
**B.M.B.C**
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02-12-2008, 01:19 PM #26misc broscientist grad.
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1st page....does bodybuilding.com have any kind of scholarships?
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02-12-2008, 01:19 PM #27Proud Dad
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2 questions
will u rep me ?
and
how much u bench?Dallas Cowboys
Lifted for 30 years
Ass > tits
No Debt Crew
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02-12-2008, 01:19 PM #28HAAAY BRAH!
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how much pussy do you pull?
you a baller?
holla!
edit. nice story, interesting read - you met ur wife in highschool? gjdmyou stay classy, misc.
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02-12-2008, 01:19 PM #29Registered User
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Originally Posted by jason_bh
Yes, if you have web software development potential! We are looking for programmers like crazy right now!The Bodybuilding.com Mission: To help our visitors reach their health, fitness and appearance goals through information, motivation and supplementation.
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02-12-2008, 01:19 PM #30Banned
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Would you PIITB a guy for a billion dollars? (no homo)
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