(Jon Carson is donating 2 hours of his time with the winning bidder. The winning bidder has the choice of going to Boston for the meeting or having a 2 hour telephone call with him.)


Jon is currently the Chairman and CEO of cMarket, an online auction service for fundraisers.

Jon is a nationally recognized entrepreneur with a passion for mission-based social entrepreneurship. Other than brief stints at Boeing and McKinsey & Company, he has always worked on new ventures.


He has founded and profitably sold three companies in which no investor has ever lost money. Cumulatively, Jon has returned in excess of $175 million to investors, cash on cash.

Jon's most recent company was FamilyEducation Network (Fen.com), which offered web services to local schools as well as a network of websites for parents, children, and teachers using a unique public/private partnership model, ultimately becoming the largest education website on the Internet.


He serves on the boards of the Boston Children's Museum, the e-Philanthropy Foundation, and NetImpact - a national organization of college and MBA chapters promoting social entrepreneurship. Jon has funded multiple lectures on social entrepreneurship at Yale and Babson College. He has previously also served on the boards of the National PTA, National School Boards Foundation, and the Small Business Association of New England (SBANE).

Jon lives in the Boston area with his wife and has recently discovered the wonders of fatherhood.