Founder at Grabbit, Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Founder at Grabbit, Inc.
- Chief Creative Officer at Communicate.io
- Host at Output Signal
- Blogger at www.fredtime.com (Self-employed)
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- VP Marketing at Threshold Corp.
- Consultant at iJoomla
- Consultant at TheAstrologer.com
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- Union Institute
- Antioch University
- Antioch
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Fred Davis’s Summary
Fred is an experienced entrepreneur, technology pioneer, and media professional. He has written 14 books about computers, including the first book on Desktop Publishing, and the award-winning Windows Bible series. One of the founders of the Ziff-Davis computer publishing division, he served as editor of several of ZD's magazines, including PC Magazine, PC Week, A+, and MacUser, and either ran or started most of ZD’s product testing labs. Davis was also instrumental in a number of startups including Wired, CNET, and Ask Jeeves. He has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times, Newsweek, and The Wall Street Journal; and has appeared on TV and radio shows such as the CBS Evening News, ABC World News, and NPR's All Things Considered. You can read his blog at www.fredtime.com
Fred Davis’s Specialties:
entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, strategy, marketing, branding, content, interface, online, magazine and book publishing, television, radio, mutlimedia.
Fred Davis’s Experience
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Founder
Grabbit, Inc.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
January 2009 — Present (1 year )
Attempting to revolutionize social messaging with Grabbit, and revolutionize the real-time web with a new revenue model we've created called real-time direct marketing. More at www.grabbit.net
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Chief Creative Officer
Communicate.io
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Communicate.io provides cross-media marketing and advertising services to help companies of all sizes acquire and retain the attention of micro-targeted consumers across a broad range of media platforms and outlets.
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Host
Output Signal
(Media Production industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Video series on the future of technology
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Blogger
www.fredtime.com (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Publishing industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Check out my blog at www.fredtime.com
Additional Information
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Fred Davis’s Interests:
technology, future think, creativity, interpersonal communications, music, photography, video, venture capital, start-ups, management theory, orchids
Fred Davis’s Honors:
Best Computer Magazine - Computer Press Association
Best How-To Book - Computer Press Association
Best Computer Book - Computer Press Association
Best Editorial or Opinion - Computer Press Association
100 Most Influential People in Technology
Who's Who in America
