Eric M. Jackson

Eric M. Jackson
Born c. 1976 (age 39–40)
Education Stanford University (1998)
Occupation CEO/co-founder of CapLinked
Known for Former VP of marketing at PayPal

Eric M. Jackson is the co-founder of CapLinked, focused on linking companies and investors.[1] He was founder and former CEO of WND Books (formerly World Ahead Publishing) and a former vice president of marketing at PayPal. He is one of the PayPal Mafia, a growing number of PayPal alumni who have started new ventures after eBay bought the online payments firm.[2]

In 1998, Jackson received a B.A. in Economics with honors from Stanford University.[3] He served on the board of directors of The Stanford Review.[4] Jackson maintains the book publishing industry blog called Conservative Publisher.[5]

As a publisher, Jackson has been known to embrace controversial books and tactics. A bestselling children's book published by World Ahead, Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under my Bed penned by Katharine Debrecht, portrayed Hillary Rodham Clinton as a cartoon villain, prompting a verbal clash with Clinton's spokesman. He once accused Google of political bias for censoring online ads for a book critical of Bill Clinton, a charge Google denied,[6] and he later paid to send Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broaddrick to the Bill Clinton Presidential Library along with the book's author.[7] In October 2006, Jackson and Joseph Farah, the founder of WorldNetDaily, announced that World Ahead Publishing would be partnering on the influential WND Books imprint.[8]

Jackson's own book The PayPal Wars (ISBN 0-9746701-0-3) chronicles PayPal's origins and discusses the legal, regulatory, and competitive threats entrepreneurs must overcome in today's business environment.[9] It won the 2005 Writers Notes Book Award for best business book.[10] It has been profiled by Reason Magazine,[11] the Washington Times,[12] the Mises Institute,[13] Tech Central Station,[14] and Tom Peters.[15]

Jackson frequently appears as a conservative commentator on radio and television programs. In his public comments he is frequently critical of eBay, the company that purchased PayPal. He has been quoted in Forbes,[16] BusinessWeek,[17] TheStreet.com,[18] US News & World Report,[19] and Publishers Weekly, [20] among other publications.

References

  1. ↑ Eric Jackson
  2. ↑ "The PayPal Exodus". Forbes. July 12, 2006.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Eric M. (June 6, 2003). "Stanford: Where Does the Money Go?". Stanford Review.
  4. ↑ Archived April 8, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ ConservativePublisher.com
  6. ↑ Google Defends Not Running Anti-Clinton Banners - Direct Marketing News
  7. ↑ "Clinton's Accusers Tour His Library". Fox News. October 26, 2005.
  8. ↑ New publishing partner for WND Books
  9. ↑ Paypalwars.com
  10. ↑ "2005 Writers Notes Book Awards Announced". PRWeb. 30 March 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  11. ↑ Who Killed PayPal? - Reason Magazine
  12. ↑ 20th-century evils, Silicon Valley wars - Washington Times
  13. ↑ "The Genius and Struggle of PayPal". Mises Daily. 4 January 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  14. ↑ TCS Daily : Technology - Commerce - Society
  15. ↑ PayPal | tompeters!
  16. ↑ "PayPal's Growing Pains". Forbes. April 14, 2005.
  17. ↑ PayPal Spreads Its Wings
  18. ↑ eBay Grooms Another Phenom | The Signal and The Noise News | Print Financial & Investing Articles | TheStreet
  19. ↑ Washington Whispers - US News and World Report
  20. ↑ "'Liberals' Selling Right and Left". Publishers Weekly. 21 October 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
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