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If you’re looking for a business speaker in Denver, you might have found him.
His name is Mark Hughes and some call him the $300 million dollar man.
Time magazine calls him the guru behind “one of the greatest publicity coups in history.”
He literally put an unknown brand of Half.com on the map, by convincing the 350 person town of Halfway, Oregon to rename itself to Half.com, Oregon.
Crazy as it may seem, had a method to its madness and resulted in eBay buying the company for $300 million six months later.
His book "Buzzmarketing" from Penguin/Portfolio receives praise from blue-chip business moguls like Steve Forbes, from the former CEO of Dow Jones, from the former editor of The Wall Street Journal, and from the former Chief Marketing Officer of Pepsi-Cola. Amazing praise for a top business speaker in Denver meetings.
The Financial Times of London heralded his book one of the Best Business Books of the Year along with the likes of Freakonomics. Fast Company called Hughes’ book one of "The Ten Best Business Reads of the year" in its first publishing. You’ll find it published in 12 languages including Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, English, and Hebrew, and sold all over the world.
Hughes entertains, he informs, he delivers. He has one of the most energetic, Oprah-esque speeches which people can use the moment they return to their office. His speaking agent is the former agent for Malcolm Gladwell.
Beyond eBay’s Half.com (NASDAQ: EBAY), Hughes’ career spans from PepsiCo's Pizza Hut Division (NYSE: YUM), to Pep Boys (NYSE: PBY), to American Mobile Satellite (transformed into XM Satellite Radio – NASDAQ: XMSR). He holds his MBA in from Columbia Business School.
Creating buzz, creating word-of-mouth, and leveraging that with the power of the Internet and the much sought-after word-of-mouth…is the currency of today’s economy. Perhaps $300 million dollars worth of currency. Are you ready for this business speaker in Denver to take you to new heights?
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