November, 2005
Our annual birthday card to the Marine Corps! It's hot. See it here.
We started early on the multimedia effort this year -- and it shows. On November 10th and November 11th we celebrate two...
Wed, November 9 2005 (180 comments)
The process I use to sharpen my mind. It's easy. It works. Finding difficult solutions instantly!
There are many aspects and capabilities of the human mind we simply do not understand. Notice I'm talking about the human...
Wed, November 2 2005 (137 comments)
October, 2005
Why the internet can be a bad place to meet people. A murder in Virginia. The Taylor Behl story.
We still do not know how she met her fate. No one knows for sure how Taylor Marie Behl met her untimely fate. All that's...
Wed, October 12 2005 (167 comments)
The best way to get cooperation. On patrol with the Phoenix PD. A wine drinking monkey.
Thursday night I did a "ride along" with the Phoenix Police Department. I joined Officer Will Anderson during his patrol in...
Sat, October 8 2005 (46 comments)
When, where and why our internet only version of "Car Wash" will be available.
Our production group created two versions of "Car Wash." Speaking of car wash commercials, as some of you know, we recently...
Sun, October 2 2005 (61 comments)
September, 2005
Bullies come in all shapes and sizes. Many are corporations. How my Dad taught me to deal with them. When it makes sense to fight. Two prime examples.
My Dad taught me to never let anyone push me around. As long as I can remember I have always confronted bullies and stood...
Thu, September 22 2005 (121 comments)
How SONY got to be great. Their philosophy will energize any business. It will also work for you!
Never follow the others. Years ago, I read in an "in-flight" magazine an article about one of SONY's co-founders, a man...
Thu, September 15 2005 (115 comments)
Go Daddy's new television commercials. Why I think we did not go too far...again. See them all here. Tell me what you think.
We produced eight new commercials. Well here they are: Our new television commercials. There are eight of them. We...
Wed, September 14 2005 (124 comments)
The secret John D. Rockefeller used to build Standard Oil. It's simple. Putting it to work in your business.
Everything that is watched improves. One thing I learned early in my business career is that anything of significance that...
Thu, September 8 2005 (122 comments)
August, 2005
Go Daddy gives $250,000 to help with Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Beware of fund raising scams. The safe way to donate.
One of our worst natural disasters. As you know, on Monday, August 29th, our Gulf Coast States were devastated by Hurricane...
Wed, August 31 2005 (74 comments)
July, 2005
Should Go Daddy advertise again on the Super Bowl? Is it really a family event? What happens in Las Vegas...
It's that time again. It's now that time of year where we need to start seriously thinking about whether Go Daddy will...
Tue, July 26 2005 (335 comments)
Want to super charge your business? Make small improvements every day. Larry's big idea.
Being successful and staying successful are two different things. It's one thing to make a business successful. It's...
Sat, July 23 2005 (53 comments)
How not to be afraid of the dark. Being a stick man on a craps table.
Human's naturally fear the unknown. I think being human comes with a natural fear of the unknown. It's quite normal for...
Sun, July 17 2005 (41 comments)
Success key: Never give up (but be very quick to change). Turning $15,000 into $64 million. Kissing $64 million goodbye.
Uncle Lou's rule. My Uncle Lou, who was in the construction business, once told me, "Show me a successful business person,...
Sun, July 10 2005 (172 comments)
Success Key: Focus on what you want to have happen! Waving goodbye to a sure $30,000. Making $60,000 instead!
As you think, so shall you be. There's an old saying that you've probably heard, and that is so true. It goes, "As you...
Mon, July 4 2005 (68 comments)
Our special 4th of July animation. Some very funny new beer commercials.
Happy 4th of July America!Now that the 4th of July is upon us, I thought it might be appropriate to pause to think about...
Sun, July 3 2005 (15 comments)
Want to be successful? Get out of your comfort zone! Start a new business. Risk your life. Try public speaking.
My most important rule. Of all the rules I try to live by, this is the most important. I believe that nothing of any...
Fri, July 1 2005 (27 comments)
June, 2005
The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed. Parking cars for a living.
An old Chinese saying. There's an old Chinese saying that I believe is so true. It goes like this: "The temptation to quit...
Mon, June 27 2005 (140 comments)
Your credit card info and identity will probably be stolen -- unless you understand a few simple rules. Wifi access on planes. The real estate bubble.
There's a new way to steal your identity. There's a trick used to steal people's credit card information that's been in use...
Sun, June 12 2005 (41 comments)
May, 2005
Hot new television ads. Do they go too far? New email surveillance techniques. Be careful what you write!
Our Super Bowl ad just goes on and on. Our Super Bowl ad seems to have a life of its own. Although it's been almost four...
Thu, May 26 2005 (77 comments)
US Marine cleared! My blog article bombs. Response to famous hacker gone straight.
Follow-up on "US Marine needs our support now." In my blog article published 12/20/04,"US Marine needs our support now," I...
Sun, May 22 2005 (65 comments)
Public speaking - do we fear this more than death? How I learned to deal with being shy.
Most of us are more afraid of public speaking than death. I once heard Jerry Seinfeld say that most of us fear public...
Fri, May 20 2005 (44 comments)
The Go Daddy Girl®. Whose idea was she. See our four new commercials here. Warning: 2 are controversial. We interview the world's most famous hacker. Radio Go Daddy®'s 8th show.
We have four new commercials. I am proud to provide you with an early look at our new commercials. Two of the...
Sun, May 8 2005 (160 comments)
Warning: Do not take candy from strangers. Sexual predators on the internet. Radio Go Daddy®'s 6th show.
If you're not listening to Radio Go Daddy, you should be! On Wednesday, at 7 pm PST/10 pm PST Radio Go Daddy will be...
Tue, May 3 2005 (26 comments)
April, 2005
Goodbye Saigon. Hello Ho Chi Minh City. What hell might be like. Watching trees fall.
Saigon vanished on April 30th, 30 years ago. Thirty years ago, on April 30, 1975, The Republic of Vietnam unconditionally...
Fri, April 29 2005 (73 comments)
How not to handle a bad haircut. The downside of hiding a lover in your closet. Radio Go Daddy®'s 5th show.
More and more I find myself, and I suspect you're no different, shaking my head after reading the news. I personally read...
Sun, April 24 2005 (29 comments)
How to accomplish anything. Hint: Accept the worst possible outcome. Think and act one day at a time.
How I learned the key to accomplishing anything in Viet Nam. I was 18 years old when I first arrived in Viet Nam. I served...
Wed, April 20 2005 (78 comments)
How Go Daddy became #1. The firewall chronicles (Zombie computers, DOS attacks, rogue worms). Pharming (the newest scam).
It's almost time for our fourth Radio Go Daddy show. You can hear our show live, every Wednesday at 7 pm PST/10 pm EST on...
Tue, April 19 2005 (32 comments)
Our new commercials. The Go Daddy Girl® - she's baaaack!. Our third radio show.
Well it's time for our third Radio Go Daddy show. You can hear the show live on satellite radio and over the internet via...
Tue, April 12 2005 (46 comments)
9th circuit says "Sucks" is OK. A tool that sends SPAM? Really strange domain names.
Tune in to Radio GoDaddy's second show. It's just about time for our second radio broadcast. We'll be broadcasting...
Wed, April 6 2005 (73 comments)
March, 2005
Radio Go Daddy® Debuts!
How to listen to our very first show. Wednesday, March 30th at 7 pm (PST) will be a great day for me. It's a great day...
Tue, March 29 2005 (198 comments)
Why privacy makes the Internet safer. How anonymity hides the bad guys!
The Internet is often a lawless place. Everyone knows that there are many tricks and traps lurking on the Internet, just...
Wed, March 23 2005 (91 comments)
It's Radio Go Daddy®. Yo, ho, ho! We've got a radio show.
It's Radio Go Daddy! I am very excited to let you know that starting Wednesday, March 30, Radio Go Daddy will debut on the...
Sun, March 20 2005 (34 comments)
$50,000 for a man not to eat a rabbit. The curious case of SaveToby.com.
The website is http://www.savetoby.com. Some people are upset by the very idea of the website. These people (the upset...
Sat, March 12 2005 (326 comments)
Decision to deny domain name owner's privacy, flies in the face of Former Secretary's visionary remarks!
Former Secretary of Commerce Norman Y. Mineta, outlined the absolute necessity for individuals using the Internet to be able...
Mon, March 7 2005 (23 comments)
February, 2005
Federal agency nixes your right to privacy! How this harms you.
A quick and inexplicable decision was made to disallow private registrations for .US domain names. In early February of...
Mon, February 28 2005 (106 comments)
Vanilla Popsicles.
A hot afternoon 36 years ago. Sometimes I close my eyes for a moment or two, and think about something that happened during...
Fri, February 25 2005 (48 comments)
Free AntiSpyware. Go Daddy Provides Free SSL Certs To Open Source Projects.
First the bad news. I recently read that the average computer is infested with 25 pieces of spyware. I not only know...
Tue, February 22 2005 (39 comments)
Early Super Bowl Ad results. Go Daddy settles with Fox Sports.
Since we had our first Super Bowl ad air, and our second airing of that ad censored, I've been asked time and again to...
Thu, February 17 2005 (112 comments)
A Phoenix Story. How kids get trapped on the streets.
One of the little known organizations we work with is HomeBase Youth Services ("HomeBase"), which is located here in...
Tue, February 15 2005 (28 comments)
"Robert, they can't eat you!" My rules for survival.
Over a year ago, I was asked by BizAz Magazine (a local Phoenix magazine) to speak at one of its "Business Beneath The...
Tue, February 15 2005 (180 comments)
See our Super Bowl and New "There's a name for people like you" ads.
Go Daddy has two new television commercials. Go Daddy now has two new television ads. Both feature the same Go Daddy...
Mon, February 14 2005 (40 comments)
Go Daddy "adopts" USMC Rifle Company. PTSD and my experience with it.
I am proud to let you know that GoDaddy.com has adopted a U.S. Marine Corps Rifle Company that is currently operating in...
Sat, February 12 2005 (62 comments)
Was the banned Go Daddy Super Bowl ad indecent?
News Flash As I understand it, I will be appearing in the "No Spin Zone" on The O'Reilly Factor, tomorrow Feb 11, on Fox...
Thu, February 10 2005 (192 comments)
What happened to Go Daddy's second Super Bowl ad spot?
As you may have noticed our Super Bowl ad only appeared during the scheduled first quarter spot. It was scheduled to run...
Sun, February 6 2005 (290 comments)
Pre-Super Bowl Coverage. How to see our Super Bowl Ad and bonus coverage.
Pre-Super Bowl coverage of our ad has been great. The media attention that we have received up to the Super Bowl has been...
Sun, February 6 2005 (91 comments)
The Go Daddy Girl®. Our Super Bowl ad odds.
Since we posted the second commercial Fox rejected, I've received hundreds of comments. The majority of them are positive....
Tue, February 1 2005 (71 comments)
January, 2005
Go Daddy buys a second Super Bowl spot. Our second ad that Fox rejected.
I spent last week in New York City, talking with writers of various publications like The New York Times, Forbes, Business...
Sun, January 30 2005 (84 comments)
Go Daddy increases Tsunami Relief donation to $250,000.
The more I read about and see news coverage on television about the Southern Asia Tsunami Disaster, the more I continue to...
Wed, January 12 2005 (48 comments)
Go Daddy's Super Bowl Story
Go Daddy will be advertising during the upcoming Super Bowl Shortly after Fox Sports released the initial list of...
Sun, January 2 2005 (65 comments)