Tim Sanders has had a very successful career in the area of worldwide commerce, beginning with broadcast.com and moving on to join the Yahoo team in its infancy.

Tim Sanders' working career spans nearly the entire history of the internet as a significant factor in worldwide commerce, beginning with broadcast.com then joining the team at Yahoo! while it was still in its infancy. The excitement and challenge he experienced at the forefront of this new technology led to the unexpected insights he revealed in his first book, the best selling “Love Is the Killer App.” The publication explored the notion that people who share selflessly and generously can indeed achieve great success. Sanders further explains this idea in his “The Likeability Factor,” which details how friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness provide the essentials for long term business success. These ideas, featured in PBS and 20/20 productions, provide the basis for his keynote presentations and seminars he has given throughout the country.

Tim Sanders has become one of the most sought-after speakers in America today, because of his poignant message and his eloquent delivery. He delivers high-energy speeches and compelling seminars to high-level executive conferences, professional associations, and graduate schools.

Tim has also received an enthusiastic endorsement from Tom Peters, the renowned business motivational speaker. He developed and honed his speaking skills as a competitive debater, where he was national debate and public speaking champion in five categories over his career. He frequently appears as a guest on radio and television programs across the country.

Tim Sanders is an irrepressible advocate for good values in the business world. His first book, Love is the Killer App, showed how people who share generously can achieve professional success. It became both a New York Times and international bestseller. His second book, The Likeability Factor (Crown, April 2005), explores four aspects of likeability that you can measure and improve—friendliness, relevance, empathy, and realness. The book serves as the basis for both PBS and 20/20 television specials, showing how you can achieve your life’s dreams by increasing your likeability factor.

At 43 years young, Tim has deep experience in cutting-edge businesses, most recently a senior level executive at Yahoo!, serving as Yahoo!’s Leadership Coach and prior to that as Chief  Solutions Officer, where he oversaw next-generation marketing programs to world class brands. Prior to his senior positions at Yahoo!, Tim created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house “think tank” which delivered value-added propositions to prospective and current Yahoo! clients.

Tim joined Yahoo! as part of the acquisition of broadcast.com in July 1999. For over two years at broadcast.com, he served as an integral part of the company’s business services division. He developed audio and video broadcast ventures for a variety of clients:

• The Limited, Inc. (the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show webcast)
• Dell Computers
• Intel
• Ford Motors