John Elder, is one of the original pioneers of Internet Marketing. He created one of the Internet's earliest advertising networks ([...]) in 1997 and sold it to publicly traded WebQuest International, Inc. (WEBQ) at the height of the first dot com boom. He then built a biotech b2b company ([...]) and sold it to a group of investment bankers. After that he developed the award winning Search Engine Submission Software, Submission-Spider used by over 10% of active internet users at the time. He then built a network of over 4,000 affiliate websites selling millions of products in what became an eerily similar precursor to Google Shopping. John then founded [...], an online school where he's taught over 20 million people to code. He has created over 100 online coding courses, and written several best-selling coding books. Today he teaches email marketing through his new podcast and email newsletter at [...]. John graduated with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and lives with his wife April in Las Vegas with their dogs Aspen and Ivy.