Scott Tilson

Scott Tilson (born May 11, 1963) is an American businessman who owned poetry.com and is the founder of "The International Collectors Society". He is also the co-owner of "Psychedelic Art Exchange".

Career Tilson started his business career at the age of 15, buying and selling rare United States coins under the name "Scott Tilson Rare Coins" while at the same time pursuing his graduation at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

In 1992, Tilson, along with his new business partner Jeffrey Franz, launched "The International Collectors Society" (ICS). The ICS operated by mass-market advertising, pushing its products via supermarket tabloids and magazines rather than the specialist hobby media used by most stamp dealerships.

Purchase of Poetry.com In June 1997, Tilson, along with Franz, purchased Poetry.com from Cendant Corporation. The company grew to over 2,000,000 paying members and they held conventions 3 times per year, each of which was attended by over 2500 poets. The company was sold in 2005 in a $9 million transaction to New Catalyst Fund. New Catalyst Fund sold the business to Lulu.com on March 7, 2009. They have three children, Kyle (born 1994) and Brooke and Grant (born 1997).