Secrets Of The Self-Made
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Doug Perry
Doug Perry, former Marketing Director of http://HDTrader.com.
The number one niche classified site for Harley-Davidson motorcycle sellers, buyers, and dealers joined the gibLink team in January.
Doug was the sole force to take a non-revenue generating project site to over a million dollars a year in under four years.
Doug was also involved in the startup website http://BikerorNot.com, a social network for bikers. Now hosting over 40,000 profiles in its network and hosting a top traffic ranking.
By Doug Perry
Published on 04/17/2008
Maureen Farrell, 09.21.06, 6:00 PM ET
They've come a long way from their first jobs as gas station attendants, bookstore clerks, short-order cooks and door-to-door garbage-bag salesmen.
In the accompanying slide shows, 14 self-made members of the Forbes 400 gave us an exclusive peek at their childhoods, dreams, mistakes, routines and motivations. The titans weighed in on topics like what it takes to be a stratospherically wealthy entrepreneur, what other vocational paths they might have chosen, how much they read, and if an M.B.A. is worth the paper it's printed on.