Gene Palmer was a financial planner in the IDS Financial Services division of American Express. He left IDS and started his own financial services firm, which he divested in 1995 to focus on other entrepreneurial opportunities.Palmer has created and/or built dozens of varied businesses, including:• Wildfire, the first telephone virtual assistant - Wildfire became the technology that powered voice recognition capabilities on all cell phones;• Marketfax, a daily business newspaper delivered by fax, as well as a fax on-demand/fax broadcast service;• Network by fax, the first network marketing company to be automated with product distribution and distributor recruitment entirely by fax.• Popcorn Treats, one of the first "popcorn tin" gift businesses. Popcorn Treats were a holiday gift shipped worldwide to members of our military, customers and employees of Forbes Magazine, employees of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, and employees of World Color Press.• WeBuyUglyCars.com, starting with a single location in Central Illinois, he built it into a nationwide automotive buying company. The company went from zero revenue to millions of dollars per year in less than 3 years.• As a speaker, and conference company principal, Palmer has educated, and entertained, thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers and accountants in over 50 nations.