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I am one of the four original "co-founders" of The Source Magazine - we were David Mays, Jon Shecter, James Bernard and me, Ed Young. I left The Source in 1997 and have since invested in, consulted for and managed a number of businesses. I love building companies and right now I have four that I am involved with actively. The ones that the BlackPlanet community should be interested in are my browser company, 40A, which makes the Blackbird Browser (Blackbird) and WorldLive Mobile which makes free mobile phone applications for keeping up on celebrities in real-time (WorldLive Mobile).

I plan on putting what I hope are useful business tips and other observations on my BlackPlanet blog as I know this community is ready to really take over this new world of business we're all living in right now. Hopefully, you'll find something useful.

 

 


WorldLive Hip Hop                 WorldLive Pop                     WorldLive Country                 WorldLive Hollywood

 

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H. Edward Young Brief Bio

Through his magazine, The Source, Mr. Young became a specialist in popular cross-branding and advertiser procurement and is credited with having opened the premiere advertising categories of athletic footwear, Fila, and videogames, Sega, to the music-based and content communities. The strategies that he developed in the early nineties are now seen as standard operating procedure and have created billions of dollars in sales. Prior to his sales presentations and subsequent advertising contracts, these categories had shunned the urban culture.

In 1997, Mr. Young arranged a sale of his equity position in The Source to his partner, but his management of the publishing operations extended through June of 2000.

In November of 2000, Mr. Young was retained by the venture capital firm 212 Ventures to become the Chief Executive Officer of Mighty Seven Networks, a financially and organizationally troubled online customer-acquisition and marketing company.  After a successful turnaround of this company, Mr. Young moved into various other entrepreneurial ventures in the turnaround space.

In 2005 Mr. Young invested in Aquatec Water Treatment, an established African-American owned chemical water treatment company.  As a Director and corporate vice president, he and the existing management have worked to expand the 25-year old company into the residential water treatment market through strategic relationships with General Electric and other major water industry companies.

Currently, he is the CEO of the software company 40A, Inc., which has developed affinity browser technology that is featured in the new Blackbird browser. He is also the chairman of WorldLive Mobile, the leading real-time mobile application company for celebrity information and aggregation.

Mr. Young has become known for his unique eye for extraordinary new and old media content and operational turnaround. Further, he has also served on the National Endowment for the Arts Literary Magazine and Press funding boards and is widely recognized as being instrumental in the successful injection of funding into the Literary Publishing community.  He is also a board member of The Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL).

Mr. Young is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University and currently resides in New Jersey with his wife of sixteen years, Karen, and their ten-year old son.

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Hedwardyoung:

Its Christopher J. Miller and I'm visiting the page for updates pertaining to media. For inquirers about briefings with interest in job training in both the local and external communities feel free to message me information. I check my inbox periodically. Thanks for your time.

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Posted August 03, 2010


Blunt s "Raw, Uncut, Pure, Unedited"

What Mr. Jack Divines article is the following:

First, to all those locked up from 86 on up
damn
it finally came out, the truth
we blunty speaking fools
Peep Game:
States that the wars in South and Central America,
even specifies Chile
Where all started by the CIA
Publicly,
in da paper

The war going on is what they want
but they rule the entire game

James Brown, Eddie Murphy, RIck ROss, Nas, TU Pac, Trick Daddy, Scarface,

red

But we have been dying for the trade that they have been killing for,
to keep from the Russians in 1980

Now we are in Afghanistan for the same thing
The Russians couldnt do it
oh, by the way, in the 80s, the US crashed the Oil markets to
crash the USSR

They have oil too,

So, this letter from Mr. Divine in the Wall Street Journal proves what we
have been saying fro a long time,

BUt check dis out though,

Austerity Measures,

will the food riots in India create tensions between them and the US

Oh, for Obama-
GOod job on getting all the mid level AL Queda members
they are finding hard to function now.

And, props to the pres for the incarceration of the two big drug lords,
in Jamaica and Puerto Rico

Other good for the Pres
Umm
Oh, nice move to Boeing and there military contract-
(Read my article Buying the Presidency)

And props to the Pres:
Why are so many of our soldiers dying now?
BECAUSE our troops are going after the strong holds now
and they k that more lives would be lost,
that is why President Bush did not attack the strongholds

Prayers to the real soldiers
come home
And become a Homeland Security Officer
or Immigration

WE need you at the border

Hey,
to Obama
The Presidential Commitee, should you fire them?
I mean, they did not tell you that the market was going to crash again?
Really? WHos your economical advisor? Damn, ask the dude if he knows what a tranche is?
Or is Oprah that good?
Or that dumb?

Remember what you said:
No more bailouts
NONE

Check Mate Mr. President
Come see me when you want

Long live the King Yo
Empire State of Mind
J Z


SO,
what they are hinding from you_
austerity measures, cutting of police, school programs-
remember when everyone wanting the 80's back
well, they are here.
Thanks

time to position your money, when the double dip happens
imagine, investing in GOldman Sacs after the crash

Study the Lehman Collapse well,
the secrets are there

If you come to Wilmington, dont laugh if you have to do business with an old man in suspenders,
named Bob or Billy
Thats how it rolls down here.

An Apology to Divan
I know how da kids are, evil in school
I write about the CHinese the way I
do because I respect them
and have there history
6000 years vs 250?

The US is a democratic country'
I can write this and not get imprisoned?
Only here.

This is the last Right we have left
all the others vanished under Preisdent Bush

Now that the economy is crashing
are yall ready for homeless
and food riots?
And less police?

On the mike, coming soon

Blunt s "Raw, Uncut, Pure, Unedited"




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