The Big Winner

May 22nd, 2008 by admin

Brian Johnson is an incredibly accomplished individual who continues to inspire others to live their best lives. From his official bio:

“In his past lives, Brian raised over $7.5 million to finance the two leading online social networks he created: eteamz and Zaadz. As a 24-year-old law school dropout, Brian created eteamz—which he grew into a company that now (profitably) serves over 3 million teams and their families involved in youth athletics and counts Little League Baseball® as a client. After selling eteamz in 2000, Brian spent a few years as a philosopher, immersing himself in philosophy, psychology, mysticism and optimal living. He created thinkArete.com, a site where he began distilling the universal truths of optimal living. Over 10,000 people signed up to receive his daily newsletter, The Philosopher’s Notes, where he broke down the wisdom of his favorite teachers, showing how everyone (from Nietzsche to Buddha to Rumi) is saying the same thing.

In an effort to integrate his philosophical and entrepreneurial selves (yes, he’s a Gemini), in 2004 Brian created Zaadz—a company named after the Dutch word for seed committed to leveraging world-class social networking tools to connect, inspire and empower people committed to transforming their lives and our planet. (Think: MySpace for people who want to change the world.) Feeling the dharmic pull to immerse himself back into studying and living the universal truths, Brian sold Zaadz to Gaiam, Inc. (Nasdaq: GAIA) in the summer of 2007.”

His new site, thinkArete, is absolutely amazing. It includes advice and universal truths from hundreds of successful individuals.