Professional biography:

At the age of 25, Ben Cathers has made his mark on the business world. When he was 12 years old, Ben started a web marketing and advertising firm geared towards teenagers. The firm ultimately grew into an enterprise with 10 employees and a marketing network of over 300 million advertisements a month. In the year 2000, when Ben was only 15 years old, the Silicon Alley Reporter named the firm as one of the "Top 12 companies in Silicon Alley to look out for".

At the age of 17, Ben left the firm to start a syndicated radio show called Teen America. Teen America went live during January 2002. Before its first episode, Teen America was picked up by a national syndicator and received clearance on numerous CBS radio and 50,000 watt stations. The radio show and company were profitable upon inception.

At the age of 19, Ben published his first book "Conversations with Teen Entrepreneurs". The book, published by iUniverse Inc, is available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and a slew of other bookstores.

At 19 Ben became Co-founder & COO of Search Rate Technologies LLC. Search Rate Technologies is an enterprise search company focused on improving search for internal users of large corporate databases. Ben also became the executive producer and co-founder of Klick-TV. Klick-TV is a video on demand tv network focusing on college students and young adults. Launchedn the fall of 2004, Klick-TV is available in over a million homes.

Today Ben is based in NYC working with a wide variety of young technology startups and runs the social media intiatives for Lightspeed Financial

Ben is a graduate of the Boston University School of Management, where he studied entrepreneurship During his sophomore year, Ben helped teach the year long freshman course "Management as a System".

Born and raised on Long Island, New York, Ben resides in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Ben is an active volunteer at Marsh Chapel in Boston where he is a eucharistic minister. In his "spare" time, Ben can be found watching the Simpsons, listening to a wide variety of music and throwing people in Judo.

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Press:

Magazines/newspapers:
Daily Court Review
Silicon Alley Reporter
Entrepreneur Magazine
Yahoo! Internet Life
Builders and Leaders Magazine
Boston Business Journal
Mass High Tech Magazine
College Bound Teen
Revu Magazine (Holland)
Gas Pedal Ventures
Sunday London Times
Long Island Herald
BU Bridge
The Free Press
Netzine Success
Small Business Insider
Teenagers Today: Teen of the Month

Television
Fox 5 News (NY)
CNN Lou Dobbs
ABC 5 News (Boston)
The Debra Dunkins Show (Houston)

Radio
Megs and Modems
Teen America (host/founder)

Fun Facts:
Hometown: Oceanside, NY.
Current Town: New York, NY
Age: 25
Favorite sport: Baseball
Favorite teams: Yankees, Jets, Nets, Rangers, BU Terriers
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite Song: 1979, Smashing Pumpkins
In my cd player: Anything by the smashing pumpkins!
On my TV: 24, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, Weeds, Entourage, Californication, The Office, Flight of the Conchords, Curb your Enthusiasm
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Jay Z or Tupac? Tupac
McDonalds or Burger King? Burger King (but McDonalds for fries!)
Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla
PC or MAC? PC
Facebook or Myspace? Facebook