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BlogRush May Be Dead But John Reese Still Living Large

written by John Chow on November 4, 2008

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John Reese sunk a reported $500,000 to create and develop BlogRush. He believed in it and thought it was going to be a great tool to help bloggers drive traffic to their sites. Unfortunately, things didn’t worked out as John hoped and BlogRush shut down last week.

While $500,000 is lot of money to flush down the drain, don’t feel too bad for John. As the below photos of his house and car shows, he’s still living pretty large.

I met John when I was in Orlando for IZEA Fest. Other than the fact that he has made $1 million in 24 hours and drives a $400,000 Lamborghini (he recently added a 2009 Nissan GTR to the stable), John Reese is a pretty normal guy. He’s also a great example of just how big one can get on the Internet. He tried and failed with BlogRush, but that’s what being an entrepreneur is all about. Better to try and fail then not try at all.

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I do wonder what YOUR house is like Mr Chow.

Wow! That's amazing and very inspiring! I want a house like that. I guess the moral of the story is doing and making a mistake is better than not doing at all!

We often just see the success of people,and think that they never fail. To succeed you must take setbacks, sometime very hard ones that can hurt for years.
"To thouse that much are given, much are also asked"

OMG his house is so awesome!

A setback for Mr. John nowadays but who knows one day he will bounce back with a vengeance. $500K is just a minimal amount considering his status as a successful online entrepreneur. We might just be surprised one day he will be spending a million dollar to reclaim his wounded PRIDE!!

What a house and a car! I fell in love with the car.

I like the office. Discrete, quiet, small, and the black (white) board is cool. And income.com is a great domain.

Now I see..no wonder shutting down Blogrush wasn't a tough tide for him..

I'm sure he cashed out when he was still ahead in the game, so shutting down BlogRush probably didn't affect his economic situation that much. Speaking of BlogRush: Good Riddance.

might have earned a lot to bring this all :D

OMG his house is so awesome! I loved the sea sight...

Failing is all part of being an entrepreneur. I thing you have to look at is how he picks himself up after the failure.

Well i newbie here. ..nut i just want to say that i want to the next door...Damn

Looks like John's doing it tough since closing the site. lol
It is guys like him who help us decide what our goals should be. To actually lose a half million on another venture and yet your lifestyle is not affected. That is real financial freedom.

Dave

I am interested like the other folks. How did he get to $1mil? I think its very inspiring to hear about other peoples successes and how they did it. I will reach that goal just like you and John!

Great pics. Where do I read more about this $1MM in an hour gameplan? :)

What those pictures got to do with living large or success for that matter?

"Life consists not of abundance of things.."

The best measure of success is on the man's character.

Damn! There goes my childhood bible lessons...

wow! internet can really make you rich! i'll have my car someday too. :)

I like the meeting room with the whiteboard walls. Seems like a great place to brainstorm ideas for the next big John Reese project!

A true entrepreneur

I agree with everyone who mentions how inspiring those pics are. Isn't one motivational method to make a picture book of everything you want, review it everyday? I like the idea of taking the pictures like these from someone who has done it doing what we do (more or less). Makes it more plausible.

Wow John Reese is really living it up. He probably didn't lose that much money when Blogrush shut down. Dang, maybe I should start my own software application. :)

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Its certainly inspirational to see pictures like that.

I particularly like his meeting/brainstorming room, I've got one whiteboard in mine, I could use a whole wall of to write on.

I would definitely find what to write on that wall :)

Aside from BlogRush, the house does look really nice, I also like the whiteboard room the best.

Definitely a nice house; the whiteboard room is a splendid idea. Can you get more details on that John? Who manufactures them?

That's a nice lifestyle he has there.

Sweet pad! Love the ocean view from the infinity pool. Looks like John is living large.

Cool house. What is the price tag?

Love the guy's attitude above all !

Pretty CooooL, nice car & outstanding house :)

Wish him the good luck and I wish it to myself too :P

By the way, I posted about BlogRush too.

John, Good Post!

Wow glad to see someone making money also sad that blog rush has been shutdown was really great tool to get traffic.

Now those are some friggin inspirational pictures. The idea about the white room is great, maybe I should make something similar ?

Cheers,

The Moneyac

Wow, he's living the dream, isn't he? And so are you!

I LOVE his house. The outside setting with the seats is exactly what I want. And the pool.

Nice house but that Lambo is so 1980.

Its sad to know about Blogrush. Happy to know about his wealth. What went wrong with that site. You are right it is better to try rather than not trying at all.

I love the idea of the whiteboard room. That could/can be so useful especially for brainstorming/mind mapping! And during meetings too.

My dream house! Sigh...

He dare to fail and try again.
That's why he is so successful.

When you already have a business earning you millions than you can afford to fail without any consequences.

When starting with nothing a failure will break you apart.

I don't necessarily think that's true. You have to have serious drive. I've had a failed project, but I keep going.

Wow, I love his meeting room. Now that's what i call INSPIRATION.

Thank you for the pics John.

Thats the way i live, lol

But it would be great to have that lambo.

Seems john reese is still "big" even he lost his toys. that is cool car i love lambo :)

WOW, this guy is loaded!! How the heck did you get those pics?! :D

-Mike

I'm assuming they're on John Reese's site.

I would love to say that I strive for fortunes (and I do) but tonight I am high on the future of the United States of America with new direction and hope!

Oh, good work Reese!

Man, I love his meeting room. Not to mention the house...