TheEnforcer
05-29-2006, 11:46 AM
Thought this would be ab interesting article for people to read. Talks about his starting the site as a hobby to becoming one of the most successful entertainment sites out there.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28frenzy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts
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By RICHARD SIKLOS
Published: May 28, 2006
BRISTOL, England
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Jonathan Player for The New York Times
Col Needham, the founder of the Internet Movie Database, or Imdb, maintains the site from a suburb of Bristol, England, but says the headquarters is on the Internet. Amazon.com bought Imdb in 1998.
THE closest that Col Needham gets to corporate life is the Dilbert calendar in his neat office — a converted bedroom in a quaint house in the ancient village of Stoke Gifford, a suburb of Bristol, the harbor city that is 90 minutes west of London by train.
As the founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database, Mr. Needham might just be the archetype of the telecommuting Web-head. The site he founded and runs, www.imdb.com, ranks as the 10th-most-popular entertainment spot online, according to ComScore Media Metrix. It had 18.6 million unique visitors in April, a 67 percent surge from a year earlier.
In Stoke Gifford, Mr. Needham works solo — without even an assistant — but is in constant contact by instant message with other employees scattered across the globe and at the Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com, which acquired the business eight years ago. "Everybody assumes that we have a massive office complex on Wilshire Boulevard," Mr. Needham said with a grin. "I always say, 'We're headquartered on the Internet.' "
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28frenzy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts
E-MailPrint Reprints Save
By RICHARD SIKLOS
Published: May 28, 2006
BRISTOL, England
Skip to next paragraph
Jonathan Player for The New York Times
Col Needham, the founder of the Internet Movie Database, or Imdb, maintains the site from a suburb of Bristol, England, but says the headquarters is on the Internet. Amazon.com bought Imdb in 1998.
THE closest that Col Needham gets to corporate life is the Dilbert calendar in his neat office — a converted bedroom in a quaint house in the ancient village of Stoke Gifford, a suburb of Bristol, the harbor city that is 90 minutes west of London by train.
As the founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database, Mr. Needham might just be the archetype of the telecommuting Web-head. The site he founded and runs, www.imdb.com, ranks as the 10th-most-popular entertainment spot online, according to ComScore Media Metrix. It had 18.6 million unique visitors in April, a 67 percent surge from a year earlier.
In Stoke Gifford, Mr. Needham works solo — without even an assistant — but is in constant contact by instant message with other employees scattered across the globe and at the Seattle headquarters of Amazon.com, which acquired the business eight years ago. "Everybody assumes that we have a massive office complex on Wilshire Boulevard," Mr. Needham said with a grin. "I always say, 'We're headquartered on the Internet.' "