Richard Smith is the Chairman and Founder of News USA, Inc., a multi-million dollar syndicated news distributing business with a stable base of 3,000 customers nation-wide. NewsUSA has more than 14 years experience writing, editing and distributing feature articles to 10,000 newspapers and radio scripts to 6,000+ radio stations. Some of NewsUSA clients include: NASDAQ, AOL, Amazon.com, Carsdirect.com, IBM, Bull & Bear Securities, HBO, GM, MCI, AT&T, Apple Computer, Campbell’s Soup, Colgate-Palmolive, Eastman Kodak, Fox TV, ESPN, Franklin Mint, Sheraton Hotels, Kraft Foods, Motorola, MasterCard, VISA, Paramount Pictures, Hilton, Penguin Books, Prentice Hall, Prudential, Schering Plough, Sanyo, Sony, Sears, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Thrifty Car Rental, Ticketmaster, Walt Disney, VW, Mall.com, Geoportals.com, Registrats.com, and Whats4free.com Mr. Smith is the Co-Founder of News Canada, Inc., which sold to a large public company in Canada. As President & Founder of Computermaster Systems, Limited, he oversaw and inventoried Canada’s first chain of computer stores. The company imported, assembled, and installed complete computer systems for clients in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Smith has a B.A. in Economics from York University in Toronto, an Honors Bachelors of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Windsor, MBA studies at the University of Toronto and the CPA program before joining Deloite and Touche. He is the author of three best-selling self-help business books: Getting Started, Getting Money and Getting Sales. |