An industry pioneer, and good and generous family man has passed - my deepest condolences to Todd's family and friends...
A brief bio:
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Mr. Ostrer has been an entrepreneur virtually all of his life and exclusively on the Internet since commerce on the internet started. He is considered by many to be a pioneer in the industry. He served in the Army from 1986 to 1989.
Once out of the military he was briefly a forest firefighter in the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. He has always been into computers since the first PC and turned his skills and knowledge to the Internet and Online Services to make his living, particularly in the Adult Online Services Industry and retail sales.
From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Ostrer started the company Rose City Online, Inc. Originally a BBS that served millions of adult pictures to a paid membership consumer base and eventually turned into one of the first ISP's in the Portland, Oregon Metropolitan area. He also had one of the largest Internet retail stores for adult cd's with "xxxcd.com" doing retail sales of adult cd's and shipping them all over the world.
From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Ostrer was one of the first to start Internet/Web based Adult Online Services with "Adults.com" among many others. He was also one of the first to automate his fee based adult online services to consumer's with automatic signup, real-time online credit card charging and password access.
From 1997, Mr. Ostrer helped start VTR, Inc. and ventured heavy into retail sales of adult sex toys on the World Wide Web with "sextoyworld.com" and "safesexmall.com". He has setup many retail stores on the net and runs several other stores for other companies. He has extensive knowledge of shopping cart software, merchant accounts and marketing strategies for use on the Internet.
From 1999, Mr. Ostrer started "WebInc.com", providing website development and original artwork to mainstream and adult business professionals. His vision is to provide a "One-Stop Shopping" website where business to business (B2B) professionals can find anything and everything they need to start, maintain, expand or support their online ventures, services and retail stores.
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Way too young - RIP STK...
ADG