Ted Murphy

Current

Founder/CEO at IZEA, Inc.
Chairman of the Board at MindComet
Managing Partner at Kumukoa, LLC

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Past

Founder/CEO at PayPerPost.com
Founder/CEO at MindComet
Founder / VP of Creative Services at Marsilgio & Murphy Design Group

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Education

Florida State University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Ted Murphy’s Summary

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

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

2007 Speaking Engagements
• Keynote - National Fisheries Institute Annual Meeting
• Dallas Ad League Industry Breakfast
• FOOA - Future of Online Advertising
• Florida Venture Forum
• Dow Jones Web Ventures
• AO Media 100

Prior Speaking Engagements
• Performics Annual Client Summit
• Frost & Sullivan Sales and Marketing Summit East
• Frost & Sullivan Sales and Marketing Summit West
• Corporate PodCast Summit
• U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Annual Meeting
• ad:tech New York
• DM Days
• Macworld Conference & Expo

Ted Murphy’s Experience

Founder/CEO

IZEA, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

November 2007 — Present (11 months)

IZEA is a next-generation social media marketing company. Comprised of properties including SocialSpark, PayPerPost, Zookoda, Bloggers Choice Awards and RockStartup, IZEA aims to empower everyone to value and exchange content, creativity and influence. IZEA’s current flagship product is SocialSpark, the world's first Social Advertising Network. IZEA is venture funded by Inflexion Partners, Village Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and DFJ Gotham Ventures. Advertisers, consumer content creators and partners are encouraged to join the social media revolution at www.izea.com.
Chairman of the Board

MindComet

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
Managing Partner

Kumukoa, LLC

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

June 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)

Commercial and residential long term real estate investments.
Founder/CEO

PayPerPost.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

June 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Founded, concepted and lead development of a self service consumer generated advertising network that connects advertisers with bloggers and other content creators.
Founder/CEO

MindComet

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

July 1999 — September 2006 (7 years 3 months)
Founder / VP of Creative Services

Marsilgio & Murphy Design Group

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

July 1995 — July 1999 (4 years 1 month)

Ted Murphy’s Education

Florida State University

1994 — 1999

Additional Information

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Ted Murphy’s Interests:

Photography, Home Improvement, Jet Skiing, Boating, Construction, Real Estate, Power Tools, Yoga, Cooking, Muddin', Gadgets, Travel, Graphic Design, Computers, Music, Surfing, Burritos, Flip Flops, Soup Dumplings