How The Founder Of Internships.com Launches, Builds And Exits Companies – with Robin Richards

Robin Richards, Internships, Marketplace, Sell Your Business, Web 1.0

Before launching Internships.com, Robin Richards headed 5 companies that were sold for over $40 million, including MP3.com which had the largest IPO for an independent Internet company at that time.

In this interview, you’ll hear the stories behind some of those businesses and how he thinks through business opportunities.

Robin Richards

Internships

Robin Richards is the founder of Internships.com, an online site focused on aggregating internship opportunities and providing resources to potential interns. Previously, he sold The NTI Group to Blackboard, and before that  he was CEO of Vivendi Universal Net USA, the founding president and COO of MP3.com, and managing director at Tickets.com

 

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