Anthony David Adams is an award winning American inventor, media activist, entrepreneur and publisher. As one of the top young entrepreneurs in the world his work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, Time Magazine, CNN, Fortune, Boston Globe, ABC, NBC, CBS, Sirius Radio, FoxNews, CW, Daily Candy, Glamour, Readers Digest, Cool Hunting and many more.

Anthony is a high profile authority on new media, blogging, entrepreneurship
and creativity. Anthony’s media property DetentionSlip.org, was named by
Time Magazine as one of the Top 25 Blogs in the World. The infamous publisher Judith Regan proclaimed “Anthony David Adams is the real life Ferris Bueller.”

Anthony’s debut media property, DetentionSlip.org: juicy school news—
often referred to as the “Perez Hilton of education news”— has won
numerous awards including Best Education Blog for 2009 by Bloggers
Choice Awards and Top 25 Blogs Worldwide by Time Magazine, and has
carved out a niche putting a controversial spotlight on the worst practices
in public education as well as highlighting exceptionally inspiring educators.

At 25, Anthony became an overnight media sensation when he launched
CreditCovers: skins for credit cards— a product he invented and patented
in 2006. CreditCovers are now distributed internationally as a uniquely
powerful marketing tool for multi-national brands such as Smirnoff, and
have been spotted in the hands of celebrities such as Lady Gaga.

Anthony holds a Masters in Urban Planning & Community Development
from the University of Wisconsin and an Bachelors in Psychology from Edinboro University. You can find Anthony in lower Manhattan; and he is always up for ultimate frisbee, chess, and meeting creative, inspiring people.

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