^ Nice talking to you ;)

Steve - we are waiting for the rest man...

most interesting read here at gfy yet. respect to steve.

Excellent thread, very informative thanks Steve :thumbsup

Smurfette

We want more :thumbsup

I love this thread

Here is the last 25. Sorry it took so long, this needed to take a backseat to a few Internext deals I've been working on.


76) who is your favorite rapper in the adult industry?
That would be YTCracker, who put together our ?Light-a-leak? theme song, just to show off his skillz.
http://ytcracker.com/music/ytcracker...lightaleak.mp3

77) is this possible to receive any pair of worn tawnee panties by mail?
See www.lightspeedauctions.com

78) how did you came up with the name lightspeed for your company?
I started with the name ?Lightspeed? when I got my first prodigy account back in 1991. It just stuck, all the way through to my first sites and our affiliate program.

79) How many hours a week do you put into " work " ?
I typically work 12-14 hours a day. Unless I?m traveling, I?m in front of a computer, answering icqs, emails, working with my employees, or looking for traffic and sales patterns.

80) How did you come up with the name " Tawnee " ?
I was in love with Tawnee Kitaen http://www.hard-to-find-actresses.com/tawny.html the cartop-dancing babe from the WhiteSnake video.

81) What was the first digital camera you owned ?
I shot my first 50,000 pictures with a Nikon Coolpix 950 then 990. We use a Nikon D-100 now.

82) Does Richard really work as hard as he says?
Richard is a very hard worker, but he likes to make people believe he?s abused.

83) Do you think this industry has the staying power?
I think as long as people have a sex drive, there will be porn. People have been predicting doom and gloom since I started in 1999, and we?re still here.

84) When you started did you ever think Light-speed would be so successful?
Not at all, my original goal was to work a few hours a week and hopefully make a little money for my kids college fund.

85) what's your best, to-the-point, blunt advice for someone just getting into the biz?

Remember that although you might have a great product, a lot of us have deals and relationships that have been in place for years, and sometimes loyalty prevents us from being able to switch to a new product or move traffic to a new program. Work together with other people at your level, grow your businesses together. Your biggest competitor should also be your best friend. That?s the way this biz works!

86) what's your exit strategy?
I have been investing in stocks and real estate since before I got into this biz. When I am ready to leave the industry, I will sell the Lightspeed brand to someone who I believe will continue to run it the way I have.

87) What do you do to stay healthy, happy and live a balanced life that keeps your business in propper perspective?
I have two kids that keep me pretty busy. One great trick I?ve learned over the years is to look at them and say ?How would THEY feel about this problem?? I get the most honest answers from them, they aren?t affected by all the bullshit. Looking at the world through my kids eyes helps keeps things in perspective.

88) What was the best practical joke you've ever played on anyone?
We had Platinum Dave believing that someone trashed one of his rooms in Montreal, and we needed another credit card to cover all the damages.

89) What's the funniest practical joke that was ever played on you?
A friend told me he invited four wild girls that were willing to do ?anything I wanted? for my birthday. He encouraged me to take a Cialis (a super Viagra) ?just to be sure?. After I took it, I found out that the whole story was a joke, and I was left with a very stiff and angry ?Little Lightspeed? for the whole rest of that day.

90) What's been your biggest disappointment or setback in this business? How did you cope with it?
When Worldcom collapsed, I found out that we weren?t going to be paid on about $35,000 of our 900 sales from Ibill. I freaked out. I confronted Ibill in a very aggressive way, and basically insured that they would not only never pay me, but never want to work with me again. I?m sure I could have handled the whole situation better. Not until my friends at CCBill explained the whole billing process to me did I really understand how fragile it all really is. It was an expensive lesson, but I still paid my affiliates out of my own pocket and ate the loss myself. It?s what I had hoped Ibill would have done.

91) Where do you see yourself two years from now as far as business?
See #15.

92) What would you most like to be remembered for?
I had someone once tell me, ?We?re sorry we were so mean to you when you first started, but we didn?t know you were going to last this long!? I?ve carried that like a badge of honor. I try to deal with everyone equally and fairly, from total newbies to the biggest names in the industry. I hope to be remembered as the guy that treated everyone like a friend.

93) What would you have done differently, if anything?
I think the grass only looks greener on the other side. I?ve second-guessed every decision I?ve ever made. The biggest thing I wish I?d have done differently? I used to treat the conventions like a vacation, often getting so trashed that I didn?t represent myself or my company well at all. People thought I wasn?t serious about business. It hurt my reputation and my health until luckily my wife and friends forced me to face my demons and get control of myself and my lifestyle.

94) If the porn business suddenly became non-existant for some strange reason, would you find a different line of work, go back to school, tap dance on the desk in the Oval Office?
I would probably turn my talents to selling mainstream products online. I might also consider playing ?Mr Mom? for a few years.

95) What was your first job?
Between 15 and 16, I worked for a 18 months as a gas station attendant.

96) How did you get your first affiliates?
I shot content for SneakyPeeks.com and PantySchool.com in exchange for traffic when I was brand new. The owner of that site was my first affiliate. After that, I traded exit traffic and members-area links to get traffic. I started posting to TGP?s, and a few other gallery makers liked my content and asked if they could build galleries too. We have had some excellent affiliates that have been with us since almost the very beginning!

97) As a paysite owner who produces his own content, I'll ocassionally have models who are "found" by family members. Some of them go thru some very hard times because of this. How do you deal with similar situations?
We try to prepare our girls in advance as much as possible. I tell them we will be putting them in front of more than 2 million people every day. Its just like being on TV. Tawnee?s parents found out she was modeling when someone pasted her pictures on her father?s car. He was angry, and she was emotionally devastated. I think its important to make sure our models know what they are getting themselves into.

98) What is the biggest challenge you see ahead for Lightspeed? and for the adult industry?
For Lightspeed, our biggest challenge is finding the right models. We?ve had some incredible successes and some horrible failures. Our business model depends on not only finding and shooting the hottest models we can find, but keeping those models interacting with their sites and fans. I?ve told people recently that keeping ANY model for more than six months is a huge accomplishment. We?ve been very lucky so far.

For the industry, the biggest challenge will be keeping greed from killing the whole business. We are the only industry that pays itself to destroy itself. Spam, spyware, and deceptive billing practices are hurting us all.

99) Will you ever retire from this biz?
I?ve done this all along not for money, but for fun. When I don?t feel like I?m having fun anymore, I might choose to move on to something new.

100) Steve on a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you regret posting this thread right now?
I?m glad I posted this thread. I just didn?t realize it would take me weeks to finish it! I have tried to answer all these questions as thoroughly and honestly as I could. If I get criticized for my answers, then so be it. I hope this ?100 questions? type thread gets copied by other people. I think people need to remember that a lot of rumors and bullshit gets spread around about so-called ?names? in this biz. The things you hear and read aren?t always the truth. Tt?s best to hear the stories straight from the source!


YES I'M FINALLY DONE!!! Who's next?

Steve Lightspeed

Congrats on the finish! Great answers and a solid idea for a thread ;)

250 Lightspeed-curious webmasters

Wow definite read-over-and-again material

:thumbsup

Great answers Steve! Thanks! http://www.gofuckyourself.com/images.../xyxthumbs.gif

Amongst all the shit threads rises a great one! What a great read, 100 props to LS!

great thread, glad you finished it !!!


how about 100 questions for CyberAge Dave ?

It was well worth waiting for the last 20 questions to be answered. A lot of gems in there. :2 cents:

Thanks :thumbsup

"WHO'S NEXT?"

Nice thread, learning something new here too.

Great thread Steve :thumbsup

Keep on Pimpin

wtf?

hey heres another question for ya: do you wear glasses?


i had the last two questions and you skipped right over mine and took the next two.

oh yea, you skipped over pornwolfs' as well

ok , i dont feel so bad now.


:P

101) Are you religious?
See #62

102) Where do you see the industry 20 years from now?
See #60

Sorry, no offense meant, I felt like your questions were already asked and answered!

Steve Lightspeed

I'm also happy to answer a few follow-up questions, if anyone has any.

Steve Lightspeed

sorry, i have a headache and was being an ass

great thread man thanks....for taking time.

Nice Steve.. Glad to see you finally finished it.

As a newbie and wannabe I just want to say thanks to steve for the time he took for these...

Extremely good read. Interesting! :)
Good idea Stevo, hat off to ya bro!

I guess I'll have to check back then, some interesting ones there.

Is there any room in the stable for some ethnic Lightspeed girls?

This was excellent Steve. I remember when you only had LS University and I loved that site :thumbsup

Steve what are the chances you willl ever let a unknow but old lsc affiliate like myself ever ride in your SRT10? :D

See question #1

Come to Phoenix Forum, we'll hit the desert and open it up!

how much money do you personally make per day after taxes?

Lol, you might have noticed I've avoided this question several times already. I think Tawnee Stone makes more than I do.

Steve Lightspeed

Maybe next year :thumbsup

:error Sorry I missed that one the first time

Steve check out the thread started by JaceXXX

ATTN: Sunny Leone

Someone on ebay is selling CDs with thousands of pics of Tawnee Stone, Dirty Aly and Jordan Capri

wow Steve!! so informative and honest. I met you at my first show and every show after that I've had the pleasure of getting to know you even more and can consider you my friend. Not many ppl in this industry would have the balls to stand up and answer some of these questions and put themselves out there!!! :) Kudos!!!

I just read all 100 answers. A lot of valuable info in here!

excellent thread, cheers

I find this as one of the best GFY threads ever, pretty funny to read, congrats steve

I've just read this whole thread. Time well spent.