Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin is the cofounder and CEO of SparkToro, a company building audience research software, along with the pun-filled Google Alerts alternative Alertmouse and indie game studio Snackbar Studio. He's spent his career helping marketers do better work through his writing, videos, speaking, and his book Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World, published by Penguin/Random House. He's keynoted over 200 events worldwide on marketing, technology, and startups.
Before SparkToro, Rand cofounded Moz, which grew from a small SEO consulting blog into one of the most popular communities for search marketers and a software company with 200+ employees and $50M+ in revenue.
Rand has been named to BusinessWeek's 30 Under 30, Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 Under 40, and featured in publications including the Seattle Times, Newsweek, and The Next Web.