Most entrepreneurs want to grow up to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Kevin Ryan wanted to grow up to be a CEO.
The former CEO of DoubleClick says he had aspirations of senior management, rather than a dream of Ramen noodles and basement coding.
“I knew I wanted to run a company, I wasn’t necessarily thinking I would start from scratch,” he says. “If you’re in the car industry its almost impossible to start up a car company. You’re better off joining a car company and moving your way up.”
In 1995 he was working for a media company and launched a website as part of what they were doing.
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