About CashData.ai
Built by people who have turned data into revenue before
CashData.ai connects established businesses with buyers for the records they already keep. It is led by Marc Hardgrove, who has spent more than twenty years building and scaling online businesses.
Track record
By the numbers
- Co-founded Next Net Media
- 2005
- Years building online businesses
- 20+
- Inc. 5000 honoree (2017, 2018)
- 2×
- Businesses served by The HOTH
- 200K+
Background
Marc Hardgrove
Marc Hardgrove is a St. Petersburg, Florida entrepreneur who has been building internet businesses since the mid-2000s. In January 2005 he co-founded Next Net Media, an online marketing company based in St. Petersburg.
In 2010 he and his partners started The HOTH (short for “Hittem Over The Head”), a white-label SEO and online marketing agency. As CEO, Marc led The HOTH through a period of fast growth: the company was named to the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US in 2017 (#820) and again in 2018, climbing to #561. In 2017 it launched HOTH X, its managed SEO service, and by its own count it has served more than 200,000 businesses.
That background, years of turning search and content data into revenue for other companies, is what Marc brings to CashData.ai: a practical understanding of how data turns into revenue, and of what it takes to grow a business on it.
Timeline
Two decades of building
- 2005
Co-founds Next Net Media
An online marketing company based in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- 2010
Starts The HOTH
A white-label SEO and online marketing agency, later led by Marc as CEO.
- 2017
Inc. 5000, #820
The HOTH is named one of the fastest-growing private companies in the US and launches HOTH X, its managed SEO service.
- 2018
Inc. 5000 again, #561
Second year in a row on the list, 259 places higher.
- 2026
CashData.ai
Helping established businesses find out what their operational data is worth to AI companies.
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Sources: The HOTH: 2017 Inc. 5000 list · The HOTH: 2018 Inc. 5000 list · The HOTH: About · The Org: Next Net. Company figures are as reported by those companies.