Ted Murphy

Founder/Chairman of the Board

A serial entrepreneur, Edward "Ted" Murphy has founded six companies since 1994. Murphy's latest venture, IZEA operates a variety of social media properties including PayPerPost, the world's largest Consumer Generated Advertising Network. Founded in June of 2006, IZEA has raised over $10 million in venture funding from leading venture capitalists including Draper Fischer Jurvetson.

Murphy's creative prowess and passion for the unconventional has earned him the ear of some of the world's largest marketing organizations including FOX, Bombardier, General Motors and Disney. His efforts have received national recognition, including A/V Multimedia Producer Magazine's "Top 100 Multimedia Producers" for two consecutive years. In 2006 Murphy's viral campaign created for the launch of PayPerPost was inducted into Marketing Sherpa's Viral Marketing Hall of Fame. Murphy is a prominent visionary, speaking and presenting to marketing and Internet professionals around the world.

Featured in/on : CNBC, Wired, USA Today, Forbes, New York Post, Business Week, PC World, CNN Money, Fortune, Fortune Small Business, Business 2.0, Create, HOW, Adweek, Advertising Age, Orlando Business Journal, Los Angeles Times, iMedia, Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch

Select 2008 Speaking Engagements

• Keynote – ECMTA New Orleans
• 2008 American Advertising Federation District 10 Convention
• Dow Jones Web Ventures
• Dow Jones Venture Summit
• Red Herring North America 08
• AO Media Sanford Summit

Birthday	August 5th
Hometown	Marco Island, Florida
Favorite Drink	Ice Cold Beer
Favorite Food	American Cheese
Favorite Band	John Mayer
Favorite Movie	Braveheart
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