Scott Hirsch
Scott O Hirsch | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Providence College |
| Occupations | Businessman, boxing manager |
| Website | scotthirsch.com |
Scott O Hirsch is an American businessman and boxing manager. He started in the email marketing business in 1996 and later ran other businesses before becoming a boxing manager.
Career
[edit]Hirsch started a commercial email marketing (spam) business in 1996. Hirsch sold the company for $135,000,000.[1] Hirsch later entered the online adult video market as the proprietor of DoMeLive.com and its parent company, Internet Video Group (IVG), which Time described in 1998 as "one of the bigger cybersex sellers". IVG operated from a 22,000-square-foot facility in Pompano Beach, Florida.[2]
In April 2011, Hirsch launched app-building product Appsbar. It was a desktop tool that allowed users to build customized apps for use on smartphones and tablets.[3][4]
Hirsch later became a boxing manager, managing Jameel McCline[5] and Cory Spinks[6] among others. As of 2026 he was chief executive officer of Datasys Group, a Florida-based data and information technology company.[7] He has been a contributor to Huffington Post,[8] Young Upstarts,[9] Silicon Angle,[10] and BetaNews.[11]
References
[edit]- ↑ Taylor, Chris (June 16, 2003). "Spam's Big Bang!". Time. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
- ↑ Quittner, Josh (May 18, 1998). "Boogie Sites". Time. Retrieved September 18, 2026.
- ↑ Wallen, Jack (2014-03-28). "3 app building services for building an Android business app". TechRepublic. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Dahlberg, Nancy (2013-12-29). "Startup Spotlight: Appsbar | The Starting Gate". Miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "McCline's freak knee injury hands victory to Valuev - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ Sistrunk, Ishmael H. (2012-05-08). "Cory Spinks gets another title chance". St. Louis American. Retrieved 2026-09-12.
- ↑ "Datasys Group, Inc". Better Business Bureau. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
- ↑ Hirsch, Scott (4 December 2014). "How Mobile Payment Will Impact the Growth of Commerce This Holiday Season". Huffington Post.
- ↑ Hirsch, Scott (11 March 2014). "Young Upstarts". When the Mobile Evolution Turns to Revolution.
- ↑ Hirsch, Scott (7 March 2014). "Ask DevOps Guest: When evolution turns to revolution". Siliconangle.com. Silicon Angle. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ Hirsch, Scott (12 March 2014). "The democratization of app building has created a new paradigm". Betanews.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.