Allison Hartsoe is the founder of Internet Business Skills (http://www.internetbusinessskills.com). Internet Business Skills is the only company providing inventory-based analytical intelligence to eBay sellers in order to reduce fees. IBS enables eBay PowerSellers to reduce their eBay listing and marketing fees by 20-50 percent while increasing their staying power as an eBay PowerSeller. Before founding Internet Business Skills, Allison worked both as the Director of Business Development for Vericept Corporation, a security start-up, and served as the Executive Director for the Colorado chapter of the Front Range Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. In 1996 in San Francisco, Allison co-founded iSyndicate, a marketplace for digital content. iSyndicate grew to 230 employees with 6 domestic offices and 3 international before being acquired by a competitor in August 2001. While at iSyndicate, Allison led the International Team where she opened iSyndicate's first European office in London, and later struck a 50/50 joint venture with media powerhouse Bertelsmann. Allison has appeared on programs such as CNN Europe, CNBC Europe, NPR's Real Computing, and spoken at Internet Content West and Internet World 2000. Outside work, Allison is equally determined; she climbed Mt. Kiliminjaro and biked across the USA.