William A Mobley

William (Bill) Allen Mobley Jr. (born 1963) is an American entrepreneur who has founded technology ventures in various fields. Born in Pahokee, Florida in 1963, Mobley studied at the University of Florida and subsequently started work in the perishable goods business.
Mobley has experience in global trade and marketing, working with such brands as Ryder, Dole, Chiquita, NFL, NBA, MLB, Citibank, PepsiCo, and numerous perishable importers globally. Prior to WCO, Mobley held positions with Intermarket Services (Southeast Banks Export Trading Company), Wm. A. Mobley & Associates and Entrepreneurial Systems, Inc. of Miami specializing in the trade of perishable commodities from Latin America and Europe.
Endeavors
World Commerce Online (1993 - 1999)
Mobley's first online endeavor was World Commerce Online. One of the first global ecommerce trading systems, World Commerce Online was a trade intermediary system for the floral, produce, and livestock trades. It was created using WorldGroup (MajorBBS) lock and key architecture and the original X.25 network, which was used by the military and the platform on which AOL was created.
World Commerce Online went on to acquire ProduceOnline.com and FlowersAuction.com, growing to over 200+ employees and offices in 5 countries. Mobley transitioned out of company management at a point where WCO stock traded at over $28.00 per share, prior to its sell-off to GE Global Exchange Services, I2 Technologies, and Atlanta Bremen. The product was renamed "Supply Chain Management".
Global Intertainment Group (1996 - 1998)
Mobley also created Global Intertainment Group, a project managed by a second group of developers under Mobley's supervision. During the growth of World Commerce Online, Mobley traveled to the Netherlands for meetings with floral importers. On his business trips to the Netherlands, he met the owners of the "Red Light District" and signed agreements to distribute their content to web sites worldwide.
Global Intertainment was a key service provider that came to deliver an online representation of the Red Light District and was distributed by over 55,000 webmasters globally. Global Intertainment Group (aka Club Casa Rosso) received numerous awards from trade publications and is recognized in numerous ecommerce circles as having been one of 5-6 companies that was an anchor of the early days of the $6 billion online entertainment industry.
When his longtime friend and partner, Andy Enfeld, was killed in an auto accident in 1997, Mobley left the industry, and instead pursued a traditional media career with former employees from World Commerce Online and Global Intertainment.
ImageCafe.com (1998 - 1999)
ImageCafe.com was a pioneering first-generation homepage builder co-founded by Lorri Whitted and Clarence Wooten. Image Café generated 500 e-commerce web sites per day at www.imagecafe.com. Image Cafe was built upon previously developed multi-site builder logic used in Global Intertainment. It was redeveloped by Mobley's partner (and Image Café founder) Andre Forde and previous World Commerce Online employees as a DIY consumer web site building tool. Image Café was acquired by Network Solutions, LLC a VeriSign, Inc. company (NASDAQ: VRSN), in Nov. 1999 for $25 million. After assisting with early planning for Image Cafe, Mobley directed his attention to the Internet newcomer streaming video, and founded MegaMedia Networks.
MegaMedia Networks (1999 - 2001)
MegaMedia Networks, Inc. was an immensely popular streaming video platform whose main site, MegaChannels.com, reached a top site ranking by traffic for males 18-34 in 2000, according to Neilsen Ratings, and was the number #1 media portal serving over 800K+ visitors a day only four months into the network’s launch.
MegaChannels drew some top talent as it grew. David Gust, former V.P. of Hard Rock Cafe International. Inc., and Paul Turcotte, former V.P. of Yahoo! Internet Life and the creator of the Yahoo! Internet Life Online Film Festival, were tapped to head netcaster Megachannels.com Inc, and the company continued to gain market share with Gust as CEO and Turcotte as President.
Although it was the first the web property to host Time Warner, Miramax, Sony, and various film/music libraries, MegaChannels became a casualty of the "Internet bubble-burst" in 2000, when display advertising revenue slumped from record highs, but not before creating and proving the viability of online streaming broadcast as a business. The company’s public offering plans were disrupted by the mid-2000 implosion, and Mobley took it private, where he still controls the key software assets.
Personal Portals Online (2001 - 2004)
Personal Portals Online was a website builder system targeting cottage industry merchants seeking a simple, low-cost means of setting up their online storefronts. Personal Portals Online also developed HotHomePages.com, a leading early social network that formed strategic partnerships with companies such as NetZero and Global Switch and which proved popular internationally. Personal Portals Online merged with One Ten Media in December 2005 went on to launch a number of new web 2.0 products under the corporate brand Web2 Corp.
Web2 Corp (2005 - 2008)
Web2 Corp was a holding company for several subsidiaries devoted to duplicating new possibilities of proven Internet business models. The overarching purpose of Web2 Corp was to create a sound platform of products that built upon one another to give Mobley and his clients a broad base of “white-labeled” products that could be used to make the most of the rapidly growing user base of the Internet.
Products included:
*International Chamber of E-Commerce, a free e-commerce website host and online resource;
Web 1000 Hosting, an award-winning free webhost which had over 800,000+ sites prior to being sold;
ByIndia, a social media hub and search engine created for the country of India; and numerous enterprise products installed internationally.
Nextelligence, Inc. (2000 - present)
Nextelligence, Inc. is a privately held business creation and incubation firm that has fostered development of numerous companies, including several listed above. Other notable Nextelligence products include:
BroadCastBid, an online auctions platform for broadcast media, giving them a robust, customizable platform to sell half-off certificates, dream vacation packages, and more.
iDemption, a secure online document delivery system that functions in a manner similar to CouponStar or Coupons.com, but which does not require a software download to prevent fraudulent document re-prints. IDemption also provides complete printing and redemption tracking of all documents, coupons, and certificates for marketing research.
*The Prize Factory, a white label technology service that creates online promotions for promotions risk coverage companies to re-sell. The Prize Factory's promotions have been used by brands such as Pizza Hut, Jelly Belly, Jackson-Hewitt, Meineke, Logitech, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Celestial Seasonings.
*PublicWire, PublicWire.com press & news release distribution reaches thousands of individuals online (journalists, professionals, retail brokers and investors) and financial news syndicators from all over the world with RSS news readers. These online users have subscribed to major news aggregators or syndicators such as Google.com, Yahoo.com, Bing.com, Feedster, Blogdigger, Bloglines, MSN NewsBot, Ping and numerous others. When the Client Company publishes a press release on PublicWire.com it is archived indefinitely. Major search engines, such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, Overture, AOL, MSN and thousands of small and industry related search engines index releases for future search optimization.
*PhoneGreetings.com, Mobley also currently acts as an Executive Business Development intermediary for PhoneGreetings.com the automated, personalized audio or video greeting card, with consumer populated multimedia content including customizable songs and messages which are broadcast and delivered direct to personal mobile voicemail (no ring), email, social media applications and the Web.
*Floraplex.net, The All New Floraplex Industry-Based Flower Auction/Trade Center provides access to mass variety online and counters existing 30 to 45 day payment cycles within the industry currently. It’s going to offer South American growers for instance (which supply 75% of America's flowers) payment within 1-2 days. This accounting change will basically turn a consignment auction into a contract growing and selling system, linked via the Net. The floral wholesaler/retailer’s incentive to participate is expanded variety and quality control that could result in a premium price for their product, or at least more satisfied customers. By buying through Floraplex, with its contract growing system tracked and coordinated over the Internet, they will know when a rose was cut, thus mitigating their buying risk through the Net's ability to link geographically dispersed trading partners.
As Mobley’s private think tank, Nextelligence provides the administrative and management support for start-up concepts and arranges capitalization for market development.
FreeCast, Inc. (2011-Present)
FreeCast, Inc is a digital media business launched by Mobley in 2011. FreeCast is much like a TV channel guide, except it provides information on online streaming and television programs. It is a search-engine type application that catalogs content from video-streaming sites, including YouTube, and makes these accessible to customers worldwide. It is compatible with personal computers, tablets, mobile/smart phones and Wi-Fi enabled HD/LCD flat panel TVs.
In November 2012, FreeCast partnered with "As Seen on TV" guru A.J. Khubani and Telebrands Corp to develop Rabbit TV, a web-based guide to watching TV shows, movies, live events and more online. Rabbit TV is currently sold in the form of a USB device which grants users access to the Rabbit TV Go web-based guide.

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