Ryan P. Allis is the CEO and Co-Founder of iContact, the leading email marketing and blogging software, the Chairman of Virante, a web marketing consulting firm that helps companies build sales online, and the author of the book Zero to One Million: How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales. In November 2005, Ryan was named by BusinessWeek as one of the "Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25."

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur and an international speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, marketing, and innovation. As CEO he's managed the company from its start in July 2003 to its current size with 60 employees, over 11,500 customers, and over $6 million in annual sales.

At the age of 18, Ryan wrote a book entitled, Zero to One Million: How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales (McGraw-Hill). Today at the age of 22, he has been a keynote speaker and panel participant at conferences from Chicago to London. As a team leader with the Lead America Entrepreneurship Conference, Ryan has traveled the United States helping teach entrepreneurship to high school students. Ryan has been featured on ABC News and in Fortune Small Business, Investors' Business Daily, the Daily Times of India, Entrepreneur Magazine, SuccessCoach Magazine, CosmoGirl, and Young Money Magazine.

Ryan is the Chairman of the Carolina Entrepreneurship Club at UNC-Chapel Hill, founder of The Anti-Poverty Campaign, the founder of Zeromillion.com, and a member of YEO Raleigh-Durham. Ryan serves on the Boards of AGRADU, Nourish International, and Junior Achievement of Eastern North Carolina.

Ryan’s long-term goals include being a U.S. Senator and starting a foundation that works to reduce poverty and improve healthcare and education in developing nations. Ryan attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was an economics major and a Blanchard Scholar.

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Chuck Hester, APR
Director of Public Relations
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Contact Information

Ryan can be reached directly for media and other inquiries via (919) 459-1447 or ryan [at] icontact.com.

For Additional Information See

• iContact Email Marketing Software
• Virante, Inc.
• Ryan's Blog - The Southeast Entrepreneur
• The Anti-Poverty Campaign
• Zero to One Million
• Entrepreneurship Chronicle
• Email Marketing Monthly

:: My Favorite Essays

My Favorite Essays
no.	Title
1	The Philosophy of an Entrepreneur
2	The History of the Market System
3	The International System
4	The Dynamics of the Information Age
5	The Potential of the Third Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs
6	Economics for the Aspiring Entrepreneur
7	Getting Out of the Middle Class

:: Audio Samples of Zero to One Million

Zero to One Million - Audio Samples
no.	Title	Length	Size
1	Introduction	8:29	8MB
2	Chapter 1 - How I Began	15:21	14MB
3	Chapter 2 - Out on My Own	25:44	24MB
4	Chapter 3 - Our Economic System	24:09	23MB
5	Chapter 4 - An Entrepreneur's Philosophy	20:49	19MB
6	Chapter 5 - A Globalized World	27:21	25MB
7	Chapter 6 - Building Wealth Through Entrepreneurship	26:25	24MB
8	Chapter 7 - Opportunity Evaluation	19:37	18MB

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:: Articles

Syndication rights: You may publish any of the below articles in print or online as long as a link to http://www.zeromillion.com is maintained and the byline is included.

 

Articles by Ryan Allis
Title	Date	Topic
The 20 Most Important Business Lessons I Learned in 2005	December 17, 2005	Business
The Most Important Thing You Can Do As a Business Owner	July 27, 2005	Web Marketing
Why Email Marketing Matters	June 27, 2005	Web Marketing
Leadership Lessons from a 19 Year Old CEO	July 6, 2004	Business
How the Market System Works: Economics 101 for the Aspiring Entrepreneur	September 18, 2003	Economics & Policy
The History of the Market System	September 18, 2003	Economics & Policy
The Political and Economic Philosophy of an Entrepreneur	August 31, 2003	Economics & Policy
Business Idea & Opportunity Evaluation	July 29, 2003	Entrepreneurship
The Ten Axioms of Opportunity	July 28, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Financial Vocabulary Glossary for Students	July 27, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
105 Business Ideas	July 27, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Lessons Learned by High Schoolers in One Day	July 23, 2003	Personal Development
Writing Your Company Mission Statement: 10 Essential Questions	July 21, 2003	Business
It's Not the Idea. It's the Execution.	July 19, 2003	Entrepreneurship
Finding and Creating Opportunities	July 19, 2003	Entrepreneurship
The Time of My Life: Teaching Entrepreneurship	July 14, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
36 Quotes to Live By	July 2, 2003	Personal Development
Life as an Entrepreneur: Week One	June 30, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Becoming a Sophisticated Investor	June 23, 2003	Business
The Most Important Things I've Learned in College	June 21, 2003	Personal Development
Take a Job or Make a Job?	June 20, 2003	Entrepreneurship
Should I Go to College: Part Two	May 16, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
And So the Journey Begins	May 11, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Why I Stood Up for Free Enterprise: Thoughts on the Socioeconomic Divide and Equality	April 20, 2003	Economics & Policy
The Best & Worst Things About Being an Entrepreneur: An Alien's Choice	April 20, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
A Day in the Life of a Young Entrepreneur	April 20, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
How to Run a Start-up Clinic	April 17, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Raising Funding for Your Business	March 15, 2003	Entrepreneurship
A Six Point Plan for Success & Maximum Efficiency in Life	March 15, 2003	Personal Development
Analyzing Your Business Strategy	February 22, 2003	Entrepreneurship
Starting a Lifestyle or High-Potential Company	February 22, 2003	Entrepreneurship
On Motivation	February 10, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
A $200,000 Lesson on Deal Making	January 16, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
The Mistake of Generation Y Entrepreneurs	January 14, 2003	Young Entrepreneurship
Choosing Email List Management Software	January 12, 2003	Web Marketing
Web Marketing Software & Resources	January 4, 2003	Web Marketing
Seven Essential Areas of Knowledge	January 4, 2003	Personal Development
Is Your Product Great? Fifteen Essential Questions	December 31, 2002	Business
CEO & Chief Executive Janitor: Bootstrapping a Company	December 30, 2002	Entrepreneurship
Search Engine Glossary	December 21, 2002	Web Marketing
The Importance of Search Engine Marketing	December 20, 2002	Web Marketing
Making Your Web Site Search Engine Friendly	December 20, 2002	Web Marketing
Dispelling Common Myths About Search Engine Positioning	December 20, 2002	Web Marketing
Structuring the Economic and Political Systems of Developing Nations	December 4, 2002	Economics & Policy
Should I Go to College? The Experience of one Young Entrepreneur	November 14, 2002	Young Entrepreneurship
Creating an Email Newsletter	November 10, 2002	Ebusiness
Raising a Motivated Child: A Teen's View	October 16, 2002	Personal Development
The Eleven Things You Must Know to Succeed in a Globalized World	October 15, 2002	Economics & Policy
How to Determine the Lifetime Value of Your Customers	October 10, 2002	Marketing
Four Steps to Increase the Lifetime Value of Your Customers	October 9, 2002	Marketing
A Message to the SEC: Dealing with Corporate Crime	September 25, 2002	Economics & Policy
Are Outgoing Links Harmful?	September 20, 2002	Web Marketing
Developing Your Affiliate Program	September 15, 2002	Web Marketing
The Power of Ideas	August 30, 2002	Economics & Policy
Marketer Beware: The Truth About Mass Traffic Popups	August 10, 2002	Web Marketing
The Causes of the Dot Com Crash	July 29, 2002	Economics & Policy
Building Thousands of Links to Your Website	July 24, 2002	Web Marketing
The Importance of Content; and How to Find It	July 15, 2002	Web Marketing
The Nineteen Keys to Marketing Online	July 13, 2002	Web Marketing
Attributes of A Perfect Product	July 12, 2002	Business
The Basics of Building a Web Site	July 5, 2002	Ebusiness

:: Videos

Videos
no.	Title	Format	News Outlet/Producer	Date
1	Ryan Allis at 19	RealPlayer File (.rm)	The Kauffman Foundation	April 2004
2	Ryan Allis at 21	Windows Media Video (.wmv)	True NYC	February 2006

:: Press (Full Articles)

In the News
no.	Title	Publication	Date
1	NC IDEA puts $500,000 in Durham Email Start-up	Triangle Business Journal	5/18/2006
2	Looking to Increase Speed of Its Growth, Broadwick Lands $500,000 in Financing	Local Tech Wire	5/18/2006
3	Durham-based Broadwick pulls in $500,000 in funding	Tech Journal South	5/18/2006
4	With Young Firm Churning Cash, Young CEO Seeks VC	Triangle Business Journal	5/18/2006
5	"40 Under 40" Article	Triangle Business Journal	5/12/2006
6	Overcoming Age Barrier: Young Founders of Broadwick Drive It to Success	WRAL Local Tech Wire	02/16/2006
7	Young Entrepreneur Shares the Secrets of His Success	Tech Journal South	1/26/2006
8	SuccessCoach Magazine, Nigeria	SuccessCoach Magazine	12/28/2005
9	Triangle Man Acquires Honor	The Daily Tar Heel	11/09/2005
10	BusinessWeek’s Top Entrepreneurs List Includes Broadwick CEO	Localtechwire.com	11/05/2005
11	Magazine Honors Durham Entrepreneur	Durham Herald-Sun	11/02/2005
12	Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25	Business Week	11/01/2005
13	Student Entrepreneurs	UNC Blue & White Magazine	10/01/2005
14	Broadwick Climbs Past 2500 Customer Mark	Localtechwire.com	08/17/2005
15	Self-starters study success	Danville Register Bee	04/20/2005
16	Broadwick's Growth Surges	Localtechwire.com	03/09/2005
17	Creating a New Breed of Entrepreneurs	Daily Times of India	11/19/2004
18	Broadwick’s Young CEO Shows Age No Barrier to Success	Localtechwire.com	08/19/2004
19	UNC Student Entrepreneur Writes Book for Young Entrepreneurs	Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization	04/15/2004
20	Booming Business: New Clients Are Buying from Broadwick	Localtechwire.com	03/8/2004
21	College Entrepreneurs Have Broadwick Off to Flying Start	Localtechwire.com	11/13/2003
22	Student Entrepreneurs	Business Today	11/01/2003
23	Interview with Broadwick CEO Ryan P. M. Allis	Raleigh News & Observer	11/5/2003
24	UNC Connection Spawns Email Marketing Firm	The Chapel Hill Herald	11/5/2003
25	UNC Student Forum Connects Students on the Web	The Daily Tar Heel	09/17/2002
26	Virante Design & Development a Big Success	Sarasota Herald Tribune	09/03/2002
27	Young designer builds Web sites - and a client list	Sarasota Herald Tribune Business Weekly	07/31/2001
28	Teen runs Internet Firm	Bradenton Herald (front page)	07/26/2001

:: Press (Mentions)

In the News
no.	Title	Publication	Date
1	Young Entrepreneurs	Style Magazine	March 2005
2	Do You Really Need a College Diploma?	JobWise Magazine	3/5/2005
3	The 10 Commandments of Student Entrepreneurship	Young Money Magazine	1/24/2005
4	Collegiate Entrepreneurs Launch Businesses While Studying	361 Degrees Business News	12/14/2004
5	Young Entrepreneurs Say "YES" to Business Knowledge	George Mason Daily Gazette	10/8/2004
6	YDEF Hosts ICT Conference	The Nigerian Comet	7/26/2004
7	YDEF Hosts African Youths on ICT Entrepreneurship	Nigeria Daily Champion	7/26/2004
8	YDEF Hosts Youth ICT Entrepreneurship Conference	The Punch (Nigeria)	7/26/2004
9	New Reality Show Entrepreneurs Sparks Local Interest	The East Carolinian	7/21/2004
10	How to Create a Professional Web Site in 24 Hours	Entrepreneur Magazine	12/15/2003
11	Thinking of Starting a Business? This May Be a Good Time for It	Investors' Business Daily (front page)	11/13/2003
12	Help for Young Entrepreneurs	Young Money Magazine	10/16/2003
13	Rich Girl, Poor Girl	CosmoGIRL Magazine	May 2003
14	Leadership Lessons of College CEOs	Student Leader	4/21/2003
15	Student Entrepreneurs Take Care of Business	Daily Tar Heel	11/14/2002

:: Recognition

Awards & Recognition
no.	Site	Organization	Date
1	Top 40 Business Leaders Under 40	Triangle Business Journal	April 2006
2	Life Patron for Leadership in Entrepreneurship & Poverty Reduction	Nigeria Family Alive Network	December 2005
3	2005 World Changers Award	Nigerian State of Yobe	December 2005
4	Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25	BusinessWeek	November 2005
5	Young Entrepreneur of the Week	ABC News	January 2005

:: TV Coverage

In the News
no.	Title	News Outlet	Date
1	Young Entrepreneur of the Week Interview	ABC News Now (National)	01/24/2005
2	High School Students Learn Real Life Business Lessons	Fox 8 News High Point, NC	11/10/2004

:: Interviews

Interviews with Ryan Allis
Title	For	Interviewer	Date
SuccessCoach Magazine Interview (Nigeria)	SuccessCoach Magazine	Kayode Ajayi	July 2005
Baltimore Sun Interview with Ryan Allis	Baltimore Sun	Shruti Mathur	July 18, 2004
HBS Interview with Ryan Allis	HBS Digest	Susan DeFiore	June 30, 2004
An Interview with Ryan Allis	Dissertation Research	Melissa Boulrice	April 14, 2004
Interview with Broadwick CEO Ryan P. M. Allis	Raleigh News & Observer	Jonathan Cox	November, 5, 2003
Distinguished Entrepreneur Interview Series Interview	Entrepreneur Interview Series	Zeromillion.com	October 3, 2002

:: Press Releases

Past Press Releases
no.	Title	Date
1	North Carolina Entrepreneur Named One of BusinessWeek’s Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25	November 3, 2005
2	Broadwick Sends Its 250 Millionth Spam-Free Email & Signs 2500th Client	August 16, 2005
3	Broadwick Signs 1500th Client and Continues Rapid Growth	March 8, 2005
4	Broadwick Corp. Passes 1,000th Customer Milestone for Permission-Based Email Marketing Software	November 2, 2004
5	Broadwick Shows Strong Growth as it Passes 500 Customer Milestone Adding Strong Local Partners	July 27, 2004
6	Broadwick Partners with Chapel-Hill Carrboro Chamber of Commerce	July 9, 2004
7	Broadwick Shows Strong Growth as it Passes 250 Customers Adding Strong Local Partners and a Fortune 500 Company	April 9, 2004
8	Broadwick Shows Strong Growth in Recovered Tech Economy as it Passes 150 Customers	March 1, 2004

:: Appearances

Ryan is available for speaking engagements. For more information on booking Ryan at your conference or event, email Ryan's agent Malcolm Young for rates and additional details. Ryan's past appearances include:

Past & Upcoming Appearances
What	When	Where
Congressional Leadership Conference	Jun 2003	Lake Forest College, Chicago, IL
Lead America Business Conference	Jul 2003	Bentley College, Boston, MA
CEO Conference	Nov 2003	Washington, D.C.
National Leadership Conference	Jun 2003	Boston, MA
Students in Free Enterprise National Conference	May 2004	Kansas City, NC
IHS Globalization & Poverty Seminar	June 2004	Brown University, Providence, RI
Lead America Entrepreneurship Conference	June 2004	Bentley College, Boston, MA
Congressional Leadership Conference	July 2004	Washington D.C.
Young Entrepreneurs' Summit 2004	October 2004	George Mason University
CEO Conference 2004	November 2004	Chicago, IL
Dollars & Sense Conference 2005	January 2005	Greensboro, NC
Danville Community College Success Conference	March 2005	Danville, VA
HOBY Youth Leadership Conference	August 2005	Raleigh, NC
CEO Conference 2005	November 2005	Orlando, FL
Search Engine Strategies Chicago	December 2005	Chicago, IL
Search Engine Strategies New York	February 2006	New York, NY
Southern Innovation Summit	June 2006	New Orleans, LA
Fortune Brainstorm	June 2006	Aspen, CO
Ad:Tech San Jose	August 2006	San Jose, CA
Appalacian State University	September 2006	Boone, NC
Clemson University	September 2006	Clemson, SC
Case Western Reserve University	October 2006	Cleveland, OH
Ohio State University	October 2006	Columbus, OH
CEO Conference 2006	November 2006	Chicago, IL

Feedback from attendees:

"I have to let you know how much your speech at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Conference in Chicago has completely inspired me. My girlfriend and I have decided to start our own company and look forward to gaining insight knowledge from your book. I look forward to reading it and hope that maybe you can help us out with any questions. Thanks again, and good luck with all of your future endeavors." - Jennifer Groome

I enjoyed your presentation at CEO conference in Orlando and our conversation about solving poverty and encouraging entrepreneurship in developing countries. This is a topic of a special interest for me since I am from Russia and know exactly the problems that need to be solved. I am also reading your book "Zero to One Million" and it is very encouraging for me. I also have to thank you for putting together the site zeromillion.com. It has an enormous wealth of information for all beginning and aspiring entrepreneurs. I couldn't believe that actually I can find answers to my questions all in one place! - Inna Collier

Recent speeches have included:

Zero to One Million: How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales (first presented at the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Conference 11/2003)
Ryan turns his book into speech form. Ryan begins by telling his story--how he went from a normal eleven year old playing video games and living on a small island on the west coast of Florida to a Vice President of Marketing for a company in the nutraceuticals industry at 17 that went from zero to one million in sales in just over a year, to being the CEO of a high potential investor-backed software start-up at 19. Ryan then talks about the steps that are needed to build a business to one million dollars in sales including information on entity selection, building a team, product development, writing a business plan, raising funding, building systems, marketing a business, and managing growth.

Download Ryan's Presentation from the 2005 CEO Conference in Orlando: "How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales: Before You Graduate" [ Download Here ] Feel free to post on your own web site, send to colleagues, or use excerpts with attribution in your own presentations

Creating a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity (first presented in April 2005 at Danville Community College)
You've got one chance, one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted. But if you don't act now, the moment may pass you by. A motivational presentation on defining success for yourself, setting goals, and becoming financially secure. Includes Ryan's story and key examples showing that anyone reach their goals and succeed. The key message? "You’ve got one life to live. Each day when you wake up make the decision to work toward your goals."

Download Ryan's Presentation from "Creating a Life of Purpose, Passion, and Prosperity" presented at Danville Community College in April 2005. [ Download Here ] Feel free to post on your own web site, send to colleagues, or use excerpts with attribution in your own presentations

The New Landscape of Email Marketing
Email marketing isn't about batch and blast anymore. It's about knowing your subscribers and delivering content that is relevant, timely, and valuable to their lives. Today if you violate the Axiom of Value, your company will be thrown out on the streets by your prospects and customers. Done right, however, email marketing remains a highly cost effective tool to turn prospects into customers and customers into lifetime evangelizers. Learn how to 'do it right' in this session by the CEO of Broadwick Ryan P. M. Allis. In this session, you'll learn best practices for integrating email into your full interactive marketing strategy, hear a case study on how a Fortune 500 media firm has integrated its CRM efforts with it email efforts to dramatically increase conversion through event-based messaging, and learn about the new technlogies being used by today's sophisticated marketers like RSS feeds and dynamic content.

Creating, Finding, Evaluating, and Taking Advantage of Opportunities (first presented at the Congressional Leadership Conference 7/2003)
Ryan explains his MAR (Market, Advantages, Return) Model of Opportunity Evaluation, showing how it can be used as a screen through which one can pass his or her business ideas and see if they truly are opportunities with a demonstrated need, ready market, and ability to provide a solid return on investment. Ryan also elaborates on how he has been able to take advantage of an create opportunities in his own life and lists his 'Ten Axioms of Opportunity.'

Making the Possibility of Entrepreneurship Open to All
The possibility of entrepreneurship is not open to many persons in this world. Competition, the essential element of a working market-system is being stifled by corruption and unnecessary and unfair procedures in the developing world. A small merchant in Lima, Peru who wants to open up his or her own small time sewing business with just two machines and one employee would have to work eight hours per day for 289 days to get an official permit to start the business legally without paying any bribes (de Soto, Mystery of Capital). In many countries, it is much worse. Without competition, the market economy cannot work. And without an environment that makes it easy for anyone-- without regard to political connections or wealth--to easily start a company the underdeveloped world will stay poor, inequalities of income will increase, and the 1.3 billion people who live on less than $1 per day will starve. While access to entrepreneurship and equal opportunity for