About Bo Bennett

Business.

Robert "Bo" Bennett started "Adgrafix", a graphic design firm, right after graduating Bryant University in 1994.  In 1995, he sold the graphic design business, but kept the name for his webhosting company.  As a self-taught programmer, Bo created one of the first (perhaps the first) affiliate systems and web-based webhosting interfaces in 1996.  He built Adgrafix to a 5 million dollar revenue  a year business, then sold to Allegiance Telecom in 2001.

One day later, he started Archieboy Holdings, LLC as a holding company for many different web properties, some of which have become their own corporations, and sold to new owners, and others which he is still running today.  Some of the past sales include Boston Datacenters -- the distressed datacenter in Charlestown, MA purchased by Bo from former HarvardNet founder.  He took the company from loosing tens of thousands of dollars per month to profitability in less than a year.  In two years time, he sold the property to Hosted Solutions.  Today, the current owner is Windstream, and it remains one of the premier datacenters in New England.

Today, Bo's primary focus is on eBookIt.com.

Success / Motivation.

By age 10, Robert "Bo" Bennett started listening to and reading personal development tapes and books. Twenty years and hundreds of books later he is considered by many to be one of the leading experts on success. Before beginning his lifelong quest to shape the lives of others, he had to prove to himself that his theories, beliefs and convictions worked.

At age 10, Bo started in business by creating and selling wooden key racks in his father's workshop. Since then, he has started several companies and sold them anywhere from $1 to $20,000,000.00. Today, Bo remains active president of Archieboy Holdings, LLC.

After selling his first company of significant value, Bo began writing Year To Success, the most comprehensive book ever written on success, based on his experiences, thoughts, and timeless success principles. Year to Success is a book Donald Trump calls, “an inspiration to every person who reads it.”

Bo's passion for programming started with the commercialism of the World Wide Web back in 1995 when he submerged himself in programming books. With no former programming education, he has created one of the first Web Hosting user interfaces as well as modern day Web-based affiliate programs.

At age 13, Bo started studying the martial arts. By Age 18, he earned his first degree black belt in Shaolin Kempo Karate. Since his first black belt, he has also earned a second degree black belt in Tae-Kwon Do and continues to study several different styles, as well as teach.

Bo and his wife, Kim, reside in Massachusetts with their two young children and their faithful dog.

Religion, Philosophy and Science.

Bo's spiritual/intellectual journey began as a result of a lifetime of unanswered questions. Bo devoted countless hours to studying religion — Christianity in particular, which included reading the entire Bible cover to cover (New International Version).  He has listened to over 1000 hours of religious debate, read many books written by both atheists and Christians, and completed dozens of courses from world’s leading universities on Christianity, Catholicism, Theology, Biblical Studies, Argumentation, Historical Jesus, Cosmology, Biology, Evolution, Quantum and Particle Physics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and even Apologetics.

Today, from an nontheist perspective, Bo is very active at promoting reason, rationality, and critical thinking to people of all religions and philosophies.  He is the administrator of the DebateGod.org with thousands of hours of debate experience.

Bo is the author of The Concept, a book that cleverly examines religion and the nature of God.

Toastmasters / Public Speaking.

Bo joined Toastmasters in 2003, after a painfully embarrassing speech given to a room full of his contractors.  Desperate to improve his speaking skills is the least time possible, he devoted full-time to being a Toastmaster, and completed all 40 speeches in a record 6 months.  He served the required leadership roles to achieve his DTM is record time of just over one year.

In 2004, Bo created the FreeToastHost website hosting platform for all Toastmasters clubs.  Today, FreeToastHost hosts over 10,000 clubs -- around the world.

In 2008, Bo started the Toastmasters Podcast, which began as a district podcast, then in 2010 transferred ownership to Toastmasters International, to become the organizations first official podcast.  Today, Bo, with is friend and business partner, Ryan Levesque, continue to host the podcast that serves as the voice to over a quarter of a million members worldwide.

Comedy.

Bo's passion is comedy.  He had a stand up act for a while, before he realized, the hard way, that stand up comedy was not his forte.  Today, Bo adds a little comedy in everything he does whether it be commercial or musical parodies for the EVcast or just subtle humor in his writing.

Personal Life.

Bo was born in Connecticut where he lived until he was 21.  He attended Bryant College where he paid his own way through by running a promotional business while also serving as a Resident Assistant. 

Right after college, Bo moved to Boulder, Colorado where after just five months, realized the "Rocky Mountain High" wasn't for him.  Missing his family, he moved back to Connecticut.

In 1994, Bo met his wife-to-be, Kim, at the bar "Archie Moore's" -- which is where they got the name for their first dog, Archie, which is where he got the name for his business.  Bo and Kim moved to Boston, Massachusetts shortly after they met, got married, and been living in the Boston area happily ever since, with their new dog, and two children.

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