Bob Parsons
Bob Parsons
Robert Parsons, better known as Bob Parsons, is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1997, he founded the GoDaddy group of companies, including domain name registrar GoDaddy.com, reseller registrar Wild West Domains and Blue Razor Domains. In July 2011, Parsons sold approximately 70 percent of Go Daddy to a private equity consortium and resigned his position as CEO. In June 2014, he stepped down from his position as Executive Chairman and currently serves on Go Daddy's board. Parsons owns 28...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth27 November 1950
CountryUnited States of America
The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.
When it comes to the Internet, people like dealing with people.
I believe that not much happens of any significance when we're in our comfort zone.
No matter how difficult your situation is, you can get through it if you don’t look too far into the future, and focus on the present moment. You can get through anything one day at a time.
Our customers are finding Ruby on Rails to be incredibly valuable in shaping their online presence. We are pleased to be able to offer support for a framework that increases the utility of the sites we host.
The web-only version is popular, but our 'Road to the Super Bowl' section is also getting a great deal of interest. People want to see why so many of our ads were rejected in the first place. The bottom line is not to please the critics or win an Academy Award. The important thing is to reach the customer.
ICANN must be open and transparent in its actions. We need to see these reports made public and verified by a third party. Internet registrars, service providers and users demand that ICANN be held accountable.
Go Daddy is not just a job; it's a way of life. These people (employees) work hard, and offering great incentives is fun and productive for the company.
.com domain names still account for more than 80% of net new registrations. If there is any automatic change in pricing in the agreement, it should be for an annual decrease resulting from economies of scale and efficiencies that naturally occur in our industry.
The Super Bowl is the perfect medium for us,
I've received dozens of requests from media outlets wanting to see the rejected commercials. GoDaddy.com has nothing to hide. In fact, I think when you see our commercials many of you will wonder what all the fuss was about. You decide. Take a look and let us know if our ideas, the commercials we produced and the concepts that were rejected are really too much for America's Super Bowl audience.
By offering RSS feeds -- which is one of the hottest technologies on the Internet right now -- our customers can subscribe to the exact, updated information they need. RSS is just another example of how Go Daddy(R), in response to customer requests, leveraged the latest Internet technology for our customers' benefit.
Go Daddy(R) gives money away all the time. We do it with contests on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. A happy employee is a productive employee, no doubt about it. Giving more than people expect is one of my favorite parts of the job.
The media attention that we have received up to the Super Bowl has been far and away more than any of us at Go Daddy would have dared to dream,