part 1 ... 1979 - 1994

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

“Thousands of years ago the first man discovered how to make fire. He was probably burnt at the stake he'd taught his brothers to light, but he left them a gift they had not conceived and he lifted darkness from the face of the Earth.”  ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

1981:Graduated Guilford Senior High School, Guilford, CT

1979 ~ 1981: Genovese Drug Store, Guilford, CT (Associate, Asst Manager)

1981 ~ 1982: Fleischmann's Dept Store, Guilford CT (Sales Associate)

1982 ~ 1984: Macy's Dept Store, New Haven, CT (Sales Associate)

1984 ~ 1989: Industrial Roofer/Construction, Mechanic/Foreman various, New York, NJ, CT

1985 ~ 1991: Married and divorced my high school sweetheart. We are the parents of two wonderful young men, Jason (24) and Zak (22) and remain friends.

1990 ~ 1992: Connecticut School of Electronics, East Haven, CT ~ Having aspirations of being a guitar tech for a famous rock band since my teens, I attended, then graduated from The Connecticut School of Electronics. While attending school I participated in my final construction project, renovating of the historic old barns at 47Stone House Lane in my home town of Guilford, CT. That was pretty cool!

Today the barn on Stone House Lane is home to the Guilford Center for Children

Rick Perry Productions, NEATO! And The World Wide Web

1991 ~ 1996: Rick Perry Productions, Guilford, CT ~ At the urging of friends and family, I started Rick Perry Productions while attending the Connecticut School of Electronics. I created portfolios and media press kits for entertainers and advertisement for small businesses. Marketing and promoting as RPP I was responsible for the representation and booking of over 15 entertainers and performers. I continued RPP while employed at MicroPatent.

1992 ~ 1994: MicroPatent, East Haven, CT ~ A global leader in the production and distribution of patent and trademark information. After graduating from the Connecticut School of Electronics in 1992, I accepted a position as graphic designer and manager of MicroPatent's awards division. While at MicroPatent, before anyone had ever heard the word "webmaster", I was fortunate to participate in the design and maintenance of one of the first websites to sell a service and information over the new “Internet”. I had the fortunate pleasure to work closely with those people pioneering the then fledgling "Information Superhighway".

NEATO! During my time at MicroPatent I played an instrumental role in the design and marketing of the Original NEATO CD Labeling System. This included marketing, packaging, the development and technical support for labeling templates created in CorelDraw, advertising materials, instructional manuals and shipping. Today the NEATO has patents in “over 20 countries and has been used on tens of millions of CD's throughout the world”.

NEATO Today: http://www.neato.com

The story “From a Coffee Filter to an International Company”

This little film was made long after I had left MicroPatent

(I have no idea who these people are, but it was fun to watch as what they are doing... I did EVERYTHING!)

Snapshot: Jan 20 1998 Neato

http://web.archive.org/web/20021009010216/http://www.neato.com:80/neato_about.asp

part 2 ... 1996 - 1998

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

Florida!

“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they received — hatred. The great creators — the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors — stood alone against the men of their time. Every great new thought was opposed. Every great new invention was denounced. The first motor was considered foolish. The airplane was considered impossible. The power loom was considered vicious. Anesthesia was considered sinful. But the men of unborrowed vision went ahead. They fought, they suffered and they paid. But they won.” - Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

1996 ~ 1999 Rick Perry Productions, Palm Coast, FL ~ With music on my mind and a notebook of ideas in my hand, I relocated to Flagler County, Florida (then the fastest growing county in the United States) where I would begin to introduce people to the idea of internet marketing (then the fastest growing business sector in the United States).

1996 Flagler Internet Services: I created FIS for the purpose of promoting independent music but found myself creating the first websites promoting the rapidly growing Flagler County and its many small businesses, restaurants and social clubs. FIS was quickly sold to a local business owner.

Relying heavily on the Internet, I continued promoting music as Rick Perry Productions (RPP). At one point I was promoting and booking over 25 entertainers from Rock to Blues To Folk, Country and Jazz. I offered entertainment services along the entire East Coast, Alabama and Tennessee.

• Snapshot: Dec 12,1996 www.Flagler.com
• Snapshot: April 7, 1997 www.Flagler-PalmCoast.com *Early streaming with RealAudio

As a promoter, I was responsible for the production and promotion of numerous Spring Break, Bike Week & Biketoberfest and Race Week events and concerts, which included stages at The Rolex 24 Hour and Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, Main St, The World Famous Iron Horse Saloon and on Daytona Beach.

Rainlord (While He's Away) ~ Daytona Beach, FL
Filmed on Daytona Beach during Spring Break 3/27/1997

As a representative or agent, I had the opportunity to work with members of Megadeth, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet, Pat Travers, Rick Derringer, Foghat, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Bros. Band, 38 Special and Matchbox 20, to name a few.

RPP continued promoting music while creating and maintaining a number of websites for businesses in the growing town of Palm Coast, FL

1997: Met, fell in love and married a young school teacher from Flagler Beach.

• Snapshot: May 24, 1997 www.flagler-palmcoast.com  ~www.flagler-palmcoast.com was a top internet destination for all of Florida and was receiving a lot of publicity.

• Client Snapshot: May 24, 1997 C & J Wholesale Jewelry
• Client Snapshot: May 24, 1997 Finnegan's Beachside Pub
• Client Snapshot: May 24, 1997 Ocean Atlantic Computers (would become BestNetPC)

part 3 --- 1998 -1999

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

"Thank you for your Action.  Some folks talk... Some folks get things done.  You're one of those Action Individuals..." Bobby Likis ~ Bobby Likis Car Clinic Radio Show.

NASA, NASCAR, X GAMES & IRISHIDEAS

1998: I was offered a position as Director of Marketing at Sun Coast Chemicals, manufacturer of X-1R Performance Lubricants. I informed my clients and entertainers that RPP would no longer be representing them. I sold my Internet accounts and www.flagler-palmcoast.com to BestNetPC, a local ISP start up.

During my time at Sun Coast Chemicals (www.x1r.com), X-1R was nomination to NASA's Space Technology Hall of Fame and was a major sponsor of the The Bobby Likis Radio Program. Distribution began throughout the United States by AutoZone, Pep Boys and retail giant, Wal-Mart.  X-1R entered the 1998 Daytona 500 with Mike Wallace starting and finishing 23^rd and competitors at the brand new X Games where happily endorsing our products.

X-1R PERFORMANCE LUBRICANTS PROVEN AT NASA

• X1-R list of Success Stories and Accomplishments

Snapshot: June 29, 1998 X1R.com

 If you scroll to the bottom of the main page, you'll 
see I hired RPP to create an X- 1R internet presence.

It was while working at Sun Coast Chemicals that I developed an aggressive 90-Day Internet Marketing Strategy. After seeing the effectiveness of this marketing plan work for X-1R, the Vice President of the company purchased the rights to use and promote my marketing plan. 

Client Snapshot: Oct 9, 1999 IrishIdeas

I don't know what ever happened to him or his “Irish Ideas”

part 4 ... 1999 - 2001

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” 
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead


SMALL BUSINESS CONSULTING & INTERNET MARKETING 

1999 ~ 2001: BestNetPC, Palm Coast, FL ~ Over a year after selling my Internet business to BestNetPC I was asked to return as Director of Internet Development for a new Website Design and Marketing Department and to act as marketing consultant for their growing number of clients.

As the principle for BestNetPC's new department, I was responsible for developing the infrastructure to management workflow, creative advertising  logo designs and Internet architecture. I also oversaw day to day operations for the Internet Development and Marketing for a client base for what was rapidly becoming one of central Florida's busiest Internet Service Provider's. This included meeting and consulting with new and current clientele as well as the management and training of full time website designers and marketing specialists.

• Snapshot: Nov. 11, 1998 BestNetPC
• Snapshot: Jan 25, 1999 BestNetPC
• Snapshot: April 27, 1999 BestNetPC
• Snapshot: Feb 26, 2000BestNetPC

2001 ~ I resigned from BestNetPC as consult to over 20 clients for which while at BestNetPC I created and developed an Internet presence, developed a website and/or intranet, marketing program, marketing strategies including e-commerce and data bases.

• Client Snapshot: Oct 7, 1999 BestNetPC Dura-Shield Internatioal 
• Client Snapshot: June 1, 2000 Pegasus Books
• Cient Snapshot: Oct 17, 2000 BestNetPC AirBorne Data
• Client Snapshot: Feb 11, 2001 BestNetPC Worlds Best Rated Cigars
• Client Snapshot: March 2, 2001 BestNetPC Hudson Tool

part 5 --- 2001 - 2005

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

“It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. ” - Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

FROM ON MY OWN TO ON WALL STREET

2001: Started consulting from home for a hot minute before Investor Relations Services got ahold of me.

• Snapshot: Feb 1, 2001 Rick Perry Productions Internet Marketing and Consultation

2001 ~ 2005 Investor Relations Services (Creative Marketing) I entered the world of investor relations doing basically the same thing I did for bands, but for for startups looking to raise venture capital and take their companies public. I would interview the principal players of a corporation or business and then, after extensive due diligence of their business sector, find what I called “The Play” (that special thing that made them stand out above their competition), and put together a program that they could take on the road and present in front of potential investors. Here I really honed the craft of creative writing.

• Snapshot: Aug 22, 2001 Investor RelationsServices
• Snapshot: Dec 11, 2001 Investor Relations Services 
• Snapshot: June 5, 2002 Investor Relations Servieces 
• Snapshot: Nov 22, 2005 Investor Relations Services

“If you threw the cat on the ground it would land on it's feet...

man... you can bounce a cat”. ~ Investor Relations Client

• Snapshot: Aug 27, 2002 IRS "Companies In Play" Cedric Kushner Boxing, Inc.
• Snapshot: Sept 16, 2003 IRS "Companies In Play" Natural Health Trends Corp.
• Snapshot: Sept 16, 2003 IRS "Companies In Play" Universal Detection Tech.

• Client Snapshot: Sept 28, 2002 CommercialConsolidators
• Client Snapshot: Sept 30, 2002 CedricKushner Boxing,Inc.
• Client Snapshot: Sept 22, 2002 2K Sounds Corp.

Sept. 11, 2001: I had a lot of new friends that worked in Manhattan at the time of the 911.

• Personal Snapshot: Sept 22,2001

Final ... 2003 - Today

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

“Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines his talent as a worker and his worth as a man. Independence is the only gauge of human virtue and value. What a man is and makes of himself; not what he has or hasn't done for others. There is no substitute for personal dignity. There is no standard of personal dignity except independence.” ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

=^..^= Bounce The Cat

2003 - Present ~ Bounce The Cat entertainment management, marketing and consulting. The name “Bounce The Cat” was born from the phrase “Dead Cat Bounce”, a term used to describe when a stock bounces back after a sharp decline.

• Snapshot: April 2, 2003 Bounce The Cat ~ Welcome back to the music!

2003 ~ GuitarDealer: Due to an overwhelming desire to collect vintage Harmony guitars and a need to play a new guitar everyday, I started brokering guitars through E-bay. That was fun for a little while.

• Snapshot: June 18, 2003GuitarDealer

2005 ~ With my wife enjoying her career as a school administrator, I had time to enjoy raising my three young boys. I had the opportunity to return to music as a consultant, coach a lot of little league baseball and take many camping trips with my family.

• Personal Snapshot: Uploaded Feb 9, 2011 Starring Jason, Zak, Justyn, Sawyer and Tyler

2011: Divorced after 15 years. It hurts, but it happens. We where married 15 years and have three wonderful sons, Justyn (16) Sawyer (13) and Tyler (12).

• Snapshot: Feb 7, 2011 Bounce The Cat

Al Stone profile - Found My Way Home (part 1 of 4)
A Bounce The Cat Production

WHAT'S NEXT?

"I find myself once again swimming with an entrepreneurial spirit, I guess I'm looking for that next “Company In Play”.  I can help you achieve your goals, of that I am certain, but please don't offer me a percentage of your dream... for that price, I have my own." - Rick Perry

2013: The Bounce The Cat brand has embraced social media and continues to promote the independent musician. Most popular among the Blues, Classic & Southern Rock and 80s Hard Rock/Metal genres, BTC's strongest following is in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Connecticut, California, Las Vegas and Parts of Canada.

Bounce The Cat represents a number of professional artists, international touring bands and entertainers.

I also consult with small business owners, entertainers, independent artists, authors, painters, photographers, etc... on discovering what makes THEM Marketable and how to increase that marketability. Learning effective Social Media marketing techniques my clients are growing larger more loyal fan bases, attracting more customers and increasing sales.

My network of indie professionals and I help musicians and other artists use their increased market value to leverage for endorsement deals, sponsorship opportunities, radio and internet song play and interviews, ultimately leading to better paying & higher profile gigs.

re: LinkedIn ~ I do not endorse anyone I have never personally worked with or spoken to. I encourage you to do likewise.

Thant said...

[ f ] Feel free to poke around on my facebook page http://fb.com/BounceTheCat and send me a personal friend request http://fb.com/BouncePerry (please do not send friend requests to people you do not know)

[★]  FAN me on ReverbNation, I'll FAN you back and take a look 

http://www.reverbnation.com/label/bouncethecat

 "⌐(ಠ۾ಠ)¬" Follow me on Twitter so I can follow you back 

http://Twitter.com/Bounce_The_Cat

[O'] FOLLOW me on Instagram so I can follw you back
http://instagram.com/bouncelecat

[ B ] Read my blogs http://bouncetthecat.blogspot.com

• Why Should Anyone Choose You Over Any Other?
• On Being Social... Whatthe heck is Social Media and how does it help mybusiness?

[ T ] Yup... Tumblr too http://bouncethecat.tumblr.com

Your frynd,
Rick Perry

=^..^= http://www.BounceTheCat.net

re: Join my network on LinkedIn

Rick Perry

Palm Coast, FL 32137
rick@BounceTheCat.net

[in]  Thank you to everyone who has requested to CONNECT on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bouncethecat

=^..^= Thank you for the invite... and for being a part of my network.

If there is anything I can ever do for you, please do not hesitate to ask.

Bounce The Cat represents a number of professional artists, international touring bands and entertainers.

I also consult with small business owners, entertainers, independent artists, authors, painters, photographers, etc... on discovering what makes THEM Marketable and how to increase that marketability. Learning effective Social Media marketing techniques, my clients are growing larger more loyal fan bases, attracting more customers and increasing sales.

My network of indie professionals and I help musicians and other artists use their increased market value to leverage for endorsement deals, sponsorship opportunities, radio and internet song play and interviews, ultimately leading to better paying & higher profile gigs.

re: LinkedIn ~ I do not endorse anyone I have never personally worked with or spoken to. I encourage you to do likewise.

That said...
[ f ] Feel free to poke around on my facebook page http://fb.com/BounceTheCat and send me a personal frynd request http://fb.com/BouncePerry (please do send freind request to people you do not know)

[★]  FAN me on ReverbNation, I'll FAN you back and take a look 
http://www.reverbnation.com/label/bouncethecat

 "⌐(ಠ۾ಠ)¬" Follow me on Twitter so I can follow you back
http://Twitter.com/Bounce_The_Cat

[O'] FOLLOW me on Instagram so I can follow you back
http://instagram.com/bouncelecat

[>] SUBSCRIBE to me on YouTube so I can subscribe back
http://www.youtube.com/user/wrixfm

[T] Yup... Tumblr too http://bouncethecat.tumblr.com

Your frynd,
Rick Perry
=^..^= http://www.BounceTheCat.net

“I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is done by me. But I can pass that up. I like to have tenants made happy by my work. But that doesn't matter too much. The only thing that matters, my goal, my reward, my beginning, my end is the work itself. My work done my way. there's nothing in the world that you can offer me, except this. Offer me this and you can have anything I've got to give. My work done my way. A private, personal, selfish, egotistical motivation. That's the only way I function. That's all I am.”  ― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead