100......

Great ambush.

Ready for more

Chris I for one would gladly work for you as a promoter of a new club-
I am serious-
The only stipulation I'd have is for you to burn half of your striped shirts...

LOL

They were definitely in fashion a year ago- and I saw you rockin' them then-
:-))

I am truly serious- open a club and I'll retire from porn-
and that isn't a threat - It's a promise
:-))

God damn you picked the nastiest pick of me on the internet.

I thought you look rather distinguished :thumbsup

ROFLMAO! Those are old shots, btw...

7. Where did you go to high school? University? Degree(s) in?

I attended a great College Prep School in Texas. I did not go to College, however. I guess the Prep was too much. What really happened was my Dad had a major heart attack; he was 42 and we were not very well off financially at that time, as a family and I had to go to work. My kids are going to University, no matter what. Thankfully I have provided for that in case I have The Big One a little sooner than one would hope.

People always think that I did really well without going to University so maybe it is not important? I always have and always will disagree. I think that education is critically important and especially today. Street smarts and a great Prep got me through, but it would have been a lot easier if I had the opportunity to go to school. Don?t get me wrong, I am happy about my life, I just want to always be one that says ?Go to school!? ?Get a Degree!? It is a lot easier when you actually understand the terms people are using and don?t have to leave the meeting to look them up.

C

Some of these are just SCREAMING for a caption contest :)

It looks like Lou is trying to kiss me, AGAIN!

:)

Oh, i'm sure there are nastier ones... :winkwink:

He LOVES YOU ..............really loves you :1orglaugh

Hey you said those were for private use and would never go online.

Chris Mallick is the current Players Ball "Player Of The Year".

:thumbsup


Great Ambush.

Good read so far, keep it up :thumbsup

Question #33

Chris will there be a presence on the boards by a ePassporte rep?
Since you took over ePassporte I've seen one post adressing a question about ePassporte from Shaliza.
Rand were always ready to answer any and all questions and willing to solve problems that webmasters had this gave a feeling of security so if we users had any kind of problem we could always rely on Rand being willing to help with getting it sorted out.

8. Which one of the three stooges are you? Larry, Curley or Moe?

Oh, a wise guy eh? Moe ? for sure ? Moe.

9. Why do you always seem to sit facing the door in a restruant or nightclub?

It should not ?seem? that way; it IS that way. I can?t sit with my back to the door. It is either a past life thing from the Old West; or a 80?s NY thing or I figured out at some point that I look thinner with my back to a structure larger than me.

10. What is the wildest party you've ever been to? Discuss

A Bachelorette Party, thrown at my place, when I was about 22, in New York, for an ex-girlfriend. I was the only guy there with about 19 women. I am calling the lawyers now to find out if the statute of limitations has run so I can answer more fully.

Hey, you signed the model release, and I have 2257 from both you and the midegets...

Keyser Soze... this is in response to your post, BTW...

Yes, we are here. It may take some time to get to the "Rand" level, but we will get there, I hope. In the mean time, please email me or Shaliza and we can sort out your issues. I am trying to monitor boards as well. Rand has been helping, so you should have seen more than one post, for sure.

C

Remind me to send you a loaded epassporte account for chrismas.

OK
I got ePassporte on board tracker so I see a many of the threads.
Not expecting the same support but always nice to know where to find help if its needed some people really rely on ePassporte and I'll keep posting the contact info for you guys when I come across threads where people needs help :)

Shit if all it takes is kissing ass I'm in :1orglaugh

Great read, I'll read the rest from home

Hey Keyser

I wanted to thank you for your help with the board posts. As Chris said, I have been a little slow over the past few weeks due to the transition however I will be back in full swing shortly and hopefully I can live up to Rands reputation :)

It is really cool of you to help us out and I definately owe you a few drinks the next time we are at a show together!

thanks again!

shaliza

Pictures. Not of the club, but of you while you owned this club!!!!!!!!! The pimp hand was strong I am sure ;)

Ok, here a bunch of answers....

11. Why Curracco?

If you mean Curacao (cure- a-sow) hahaha61514; Why not? The business climate is great and the beaches are perfect and the casinos are easy if you play EXTREME. Also, the corporate structures are affordable and honest, and they are Dutch! Ask any Dutchman, the Dutch invented business. Call Chad at Python? he is the foremost expert on Dutch law, culture and customs. He is my constant advisor.

12. What state was paycom in when you came onboard? What did you do? Why did you do it? Why did they need you?

Paycom was in the state of California Sleazy., I thought you knew that.

OK, so Paycom was in the top ranks of all processors with iBill (a moment of silence please) and CCBill and Jettis, plus about 50 others that have come and gone. The company had grown at a tremendous rate with 3 people at its helm and a lot of growing pains. The banking relationships were not good because there was a crook that had taken advantage of the guys. I corrected that and put into place some corporate structure, marketing, branding and most importantly communication to clients about the problems and solutions. Then, we all performed and turned things around.

Let me be clear: I have no reason to stroke anyone?s ego, let alone my own. But Paycom was built by Clay Andrews and Joel Hall with nothing but an idea and a ton of brain power that these guys have and still posses and control. It is their baby and they know their shit, every which way you can imagine. I was a gun for hire who became a full partner. I came in and whacked the problems, built some things and was lucky enough to learn a great deal and make some lifelong friends.

13. Have you ever been drunk or high at a webmaster event? Thoughts on intoxication at these functions.

Yes, drunk. I don?t use drugs, unless you count alcohol. I have been hammered a time or two, but I try to keep my wits about me. I?m there for business.

My opinion about intoxication is simple: If you can handle the parties and still get up the next day and handle your business, great. I won?t miss a meeting, ever, because I am hung over. I respect the time of others and if I have a schedule, I try to keep it, unless I have a conflict that arises and requires me to change.

I think too many people go to shows to just get ripped. I mean, the inside of a club or hotel room is the same, no matter where you are. So getting torn the fuck up night after night, show after show in your room or at the clubs makes no sense to me, but hey, that?s just me?

excellent read so far
:-))

can i borrow a cigerette?

14. What kind of car(s) do you drive/own?

BMW?s / Escalade?s

15. How many homes do you have? Pics

3

16. Being on what some people consider the top of the ladder in this business, who do you look up to in online adult? Down on?

I look up to Tony Morgan as a true leader and a great friend. Ron Cadwell too, on both scores. Lars is the Man; Roger V comes up with the best new sites, concepts and promotions, imo. Mike Price is a branding guru and understands the way to do it effectively. Johnny V is an oracle of great advice. My former partners, Clay and Joel forgot more about processing than most will ever learn. Rand, what a great communicator. And then there are the ?Quiet Ones? that are truly pulling the strings, making deals, staying low and focused and making money and futures for many. Last, but not least (and I could not get all the people I admire in here?) is Karups. They were never my clients, just friends. These guys actually update content, call their members, care about every single aspect of their business. They are the best run program out there, imo.

As for those I look down on, well I?d like to say I don?t look down on others, but I do. The answer would have to be those that fraud programs, systems or the industry. The parasites that give us all a bad name. Those that exploit children and others. They are scumbags.


OK, half way there Sleazy....

Awesome interview Chris

Shalliza i love you and miss you xoxoxo

Whitney

I have a question: why is it so more complicated for a Swede to get an epassporte account than a paypal account?

great answers so far chris! :thumbsup

Awesome interview. Looking forward to the rest!

who is this Chris Mallick guy anyway? :winkwink:

I'd like to add a question.

whose Blackberry bill was bigger? Yours or Clay's?

Great answers!
 

I can only think of good things to say about you Chris....
You are a kind, generous man with a BIG, BIG heart!!!
I personally hope you never change. I consider myself lucky
to be your friend.

Smiles

Ok if you did something nasty to my cigarettes, its all over for you.

I HAVE JUST STARTED THE WAR!

Better watch your back!

oh my god!

I LOVE YOU

message me!

Ok i'm confused is Rand still with ePassporte (doing other things) or did he left the company 100% (and if he did thats a shame and one wonders why it happened)

17. What was your worst sexual experience? Best?

I don?t know what the worst was, I guess my first. It was with a nursing student, in full white uniform (sounds good, right?) but in the back seat of a 69? Ford Fairlane ? yes it was after 1969?.) I am heavier now, but I was always big so it was cramped. The uniform she had on was hot, it was my first time, so that was exciting and scary but that car was so little and it was about 10 degrees outside and I got a cramp in my leg, and well? Hold on, I need to get my therapist on the line.

The best? I think it is yet to come?.

i told you i NOT to give me your purse.

i WARNED YOU not to give me your purse.

i BEGGED you not to give me your purse.

I promised you I'd do something too if you gave me your purse.


so don't blaim me - i was upfront about it

18. Talk about your work in healthcare? What do you think of HMOs?

I worked with Doctors and hospitals financing their accounts receivables from Insurance Companies in the USA. I then began pre-funding or factoring their receivables. My company processed the very first electronically submitted heath care form in the USA for payment from the US Government to a physician. That was the first electronic transaction I processed, in 1990. It took 34 minutes to transmit 32 fields of data. Then we thought it was fast?

I learned that an aspirin in a US Hospital costs $0.04 and sells for $7.50 if an insurance company is paying the bill. The whole thing is rigged.

The entire health care system here is whack. HMO?s are the worst. People that work in hospitals can?t afford to be ill and treated in that same hospital. Drugs work wonders, but those that need them can?t afford them. Something is very wrong?.

I am all for a more efficient system that does not allow for those that are less fortunate to slip between the cracks; the US system is not one that will last or one that should.


19. What was your very first, second and third job as a kid?

First: I cleaned parking lots from 5AM to 9AM at an apartment complex.
Second: I cleaned and repaired and repainted apartments at that same apartment complex.
Third: I was a leasing agent at that same apartment complex.

I guess you could say I like to grow with an organization, or at least that is how it has always been for me.


20. What is the best medical health insurance in America today? discuss in detail.

The kind you pay all cash for all services without having to gain insurance company?s approvals. There is not a lot to discuss in detail. It works simply? you go to a Doctor and tell him you are not submitting anything to insurance; you want the best testing, treatment and medications available, price is no object and BAM! The healing begins. After you spend $150,000 you feel better, until something else goes wrong.

excellent interview so far
Thats all I can think to say except Epassporte Rocks
.

21. Why do people refer to you as a 'hands-on executive"?

I guess because I am involved at many levels in the businesses that I operate. When I was a club owner, most of the customers thought I was the doorman, or a bouncer. I dressed like everyone else and worked like everyone else. I try to lead by example, which I hope is always positive. I really enjoy ?operating? a business, and to do that you have to know what everyone does in every department. So I think that makes one ?hands on? just by that management style.


22. How many people work for you now?

About 20.

23. Discuss visa mastercard and amex and working with them in the adult arena.

A big subject. But one that can be summed up in a few words: You don?t work ?with? them; they allow you to have a voice, if they so choose.

These are wildly successful, powerful and far reaching companies that do not ?need? our business. The issue was never one where I was able to strong arm any of them to help us out or the industry. Rather, it is a give and take and exchange of ideas that made the difference.

To me, putting a ?face? on the industry, that was not content and not a sponsor program was important. I essentially cold called Visa about a month after I joined Paycom. It was not a friendly meeting to start, but it ended up very well, and I actually made a friend or two that day. We developed a relationship and they have helped us out, as an industry. The rules are the rules and they are tough, but they could have been worse. Ask Ron C, he knows what I?m talking about. Guys like Ron and those of us at Paycom back then did a lot to instill a confidence that the wild west days were over and that this industry was a business that had meaningful volumes and more importantly, provided goods and services that THEIR cardholders wanted. It worked out well, I think.

wow great read Chris!! It was great seeing you in Cancun! Hopefully I'll get to see you again soon! :)

p.s. SHALIZA, when are you coming home??? I need a fix!! and a poker game! ;)

24. What do you think distinguishes you from other people working with credit cards online.

Well, now that I am a simple merchant selling pre paid ePassporte cards, I guess my role is much different. Regardless, there is not a lot of difference now, imo in any of us working with cards online. Most people would agree that a few years ago the difference would be what we would allow versus what other companies would allow in terms of posting data, cross sales, pre checks, etc. I think we cleaned up some things that needed to be cleaned up back then and set the pace and tone for the future. Now people seem to fall into line as we all want to be here for the long run.


25. Most life altering experience as a teenager? How did it shape your life?

My Father?s heart attack, definitely. When you are 15 and your Dad says, before being wheeled into a quadruple bypass, ?Son, here is my pistol. If that Doctor comes out and tells your Mama that I died in there, shoot the son of a bitch in the head, drop the pistol and walk out of the hospital.? He was serious, but also on morphine. That event, the surgery, not the required shooting, changed my future; I grew up, fast.

Getting close to the end... this was work Sleazy!

Great ambush! Chris is an outstanding guy! I am happy to be working with him again oh and Shaliza too! LOL j/k girl you know I love you! Thanks for all the hard work in Florida and ummm next time I expect to sit next to you at dinner... mmmkay

26. Have you ever run any adult sites on your own with content on them? own part of any?

No.

27. Do you hire staff for looks or brains?

Brains. But they are not mutually exclusive concepts. Many bright women are attractive. Take a look at most of the staff of most of the people at the shows. There are not too many dogs in that group, imo.


28. What's with the entourage of girls at shows?

I am insecure and I need constant attention from women.

Seriously man, WTF?!

What constitutes an ?entourage?? I had my 2 marketing staff and my Assistant with me at the show in Florida; they all happen to be extremely attractive professional women in business. Their conduct and abilities could never be questioned. We hired one model to pass out ePassIt Footballs. I do tend to hang around folks that tend to have female companionship, so maybe that is ?entourage by association??

29. Why wasn't Clay at the epassport dinner?

I think he was in the poker tournament.


30. How much does your hotel room suite usually cost at most shows you attend?

I get my suite comped in Vegas by the casino. In Florida it was around $600 a night. Sometimes I have much more expensive suites if the show is in Europe, or wherever. I do all of my meetings in my suite, usually, so that is both a luxury and a necessity, imo.


31. What's your favorite color? What color is your bedroom bathroom sink?
Saphire Blue.
Brushed Stainless where I am now.

32. Do you have any plans on retiring or leaving online adult in the near future? discuss

No. I like the people, the opportunities, the out of the box thinking and the creativity of this industry. I am happy doing what I do.


And I'm done.... Thanks everyone and thanks Sleazy.

great ambush as usual :)