Ryan Scott

Current

Advisor at The Reason Project
Investor at Intent
Investor at WeGame.com

Member at The Karma Foundation
CEO at CAUSECAST
Investor at Principle Power
Investor at Signum Biosciences
Investor at Greener World Media
Investor at Sierra Nevada Solar
Investor at Cool Earth Solar
Investor at Dipity
Investor at Mahalo
Investor at Tesla Motors
Investor at Earth Class Mail
Angel Investor at Keiretsu Forum
Member of Leadership Council at Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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Past

CEO at Body Philosophy
CEO at Run Interactive
CTO, Co-founder at NetCreations, Inc

Editor in Chief/Founder at PLAYFIELD! Game Developers Newsletter

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500+ connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

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Ryan Scott’s Summary

Successful entrepreneur and thinker. Humanist and philanthropist. Investor and advisor to many interesting companies and charities.

Interest in, and investment in several web 2.0 and cleantech companies.

Current goal is changing the world through the effective application of viral technologies and social networks. Applying the levers of capitalism to the problems of environmental degradation and social injustice.

Ryan Scott’s Specialties:

Deep technical background. Wide ranging experience.
Social media expert, competitive social fundraising, web 2.0 for non-profits, new business models for non-profits, cause marketing.

Ryan Scott’s Experience

Advisor

The Reason Project

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2009 — Present (3 months)

The Reason Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation devoted to spreading scientific knowledge and secular values in society. Drawing on the talents of the most prominent and creative thinkers across a wide range of disciplines, The Reason Project seeks to encourage critical thinking and wise public policy through a variety of interrelated projects. The foundation will convene conferences, produce films, sponsor scientific studies and opinion polls, publish original research, award grants to other charitable organizations, and offer material support to religious dissidents and public intellectuals — all with the purpose of eroding the influence of dogmatism, superstition, and bigotry in our world.
Investor

Intent

(Online Media industry)

May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Intent aspires to be the most trusted wellness destination for capturing and sharing peoples intentions – personal, social, spiritual and environmental.
Investor

WeGame.com

(Entertainment industry)

March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)

WeGame allows you to record your gaming sessions and upload them to the internet extremely easily. It's growing like mad.
Member

The Karma Foundation

(Internet industry)

2007 — Present (2 years)
CEO

CAUSECAST

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Philanthropy industry)

November 2007 — Present (1 year 9 months)

Causecast helps people support causes and charities, endorsed by celebrities and leaders they admire, by providing them knowledge, tools, and social connections, in a fun rewarding environment.
Investor

Principle Power

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)

The mission of Principle Power is to analyze, select, finance, build, own, operate and manage a balanced and risk-adjusted portfolio of renewable energy power plants, assets and facilities. Principle unites top industry professionals, smart venture and institutional capital, leading engineering firms and best-of-breed technology to achieve this goal.
www.PowerByPrinciple.com
Investor

Signum Biosciences

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

August 2007 — Present (2 years)

Signum Biosciences is dedicated to exploiting a cluster of new technologies central to cellular regulation and signaling. We are applying the tools of molecular biochemistry to design and identify compounds to prevent and treat diseases originating from a failure within the signaling system of human cells. These include Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, atherosclerosis and various skin conditions. We have mature science, broad intellectual property, and therapeutic candidates approaching commercialization.
Investor

Greener World Media

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

August 2007 — Present (2 years)

Greener World Media is the world's first and only mainstream media company focused exclusively on sustainability and the competitive edge it brings to businesses. Our focus is on providing resources that help the rapidly growing market of green-minded professionals and institutions succeed and prosper.
Investor

Sierra Nevada Solar

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Investor

Cool Earth Solar

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

Cool Earth Solar is producing a system which will revolutionize the cleantech business through revolution in cost reduction of the cost per installed watt for 30 year life of the system.
Investor

Dipity

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Investor

Mahalo

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Invested alongside Sequoia Capital, Mark Cuban, Newscorp, CBS Corporation, Elon Musk, and Burda Media.

Mahalo is human edited search, done right.
Investor

Tesla Motors

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

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Tesla Motors is revolutionizing transportation with a fast, beautiful electric sports car.
Investor

Earth Class Mail

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

With an online PO Box, you'll manage your postal mail as easily as your email.

View scanned images of your sealed envelopes online, then choose to have your mail securely scanned into a PDF document, recycled, shredded or forwarded to you or someone else.
Angel Investor

Keiretsu Forum

(Environmental Services industry)

September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

Investing in companies in the Internet and CleanTech markets.
Member of Leadership Council

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

(Political Organization industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

Planned Parenthood delivers vital health care services, sex education, and sexual health information to millions of women, men, and young people. We are a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world.
CEO

Body Philosophy

(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

August 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 6 months)

CEO, CTO and co-founder of site educating the self-enhancement markets such as Plastic Surgery, Lifestyle Pharmaceuticals, Extreme Life Extension and several other fields. Ultimately it's about the coming Singularity.

http://www.body-philosophy.net/
CEO

Run Interactive

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 2002 — June 2004 (2 years 2 months)

Developer of games for multiple platforms.
CTO, Co-founder

NetCreations, Inc

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NTCR; Internet industry)

March 1995 — April 2001 (6 years 2 months)

Created and developed the OPT-IN email marketing industry. Built a profitable company without venture capital, and within 5 years took it public. Company was sold shortly thereafter to SEAT Pagine Gialle in an all-cash deal, at which point I exited.

The traditional direct marketing industry resisted embracing opt-in, claiming it would hurt their industry. We countered by showing them that ethical email marketing was profitable, sustainable, and defensible. In my opinion, opt-in is the only ethical way to market, in any medium. If a marketing method cannot be sustained using only opt-in practices, I don't believe it should exist.

I developed the double opt-in method, for which I hold a patent.

http://www.netcreations.com/
Editor in Chief/Founder

PLAYFIELD! Game Developers Newsletter

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1989 — January 1995 (5 years 8 months)

Technical magazine for Amiga game developers using the AMOS programming language. This was essentially pre Internet, so it was a print publication.

Developed the Turbo Plus extension which gave developers a lot more power for writing games.

Developed and released several games for the Amiga including Roach Motel and Spazmodic Microorganisms.

Additional Information

Ryan Scott’s Websites:

Ryan Scott’s Interests:

Philanthropic meta projects/social entreprenuership.

Ryan Scott’s Groups:

LongNow - www.longnow.org - Charter Member
Keiretsu Forum - www.keiretsuforum.com
President's Council of Planned Parenthood
Member, the 300, Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org