# John Rampton

> John Rampton is the founder and CEO of Due and a founder of Calendar. His career spans online marketing, software, investing and business writing. He coauthored Self-Employed with Joel Comm and has written for publications including Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc. His public interviews emphasize customer research, useful content and relationships built through practical help.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Due
- **Organizations:** Due, Calendar, Adogy, Hostt, Search Engine Journal, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc.
- **From:** Salt Lake City, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Economics; his personal biography identifies a Bachelor of Science, University of Utah, Graduate study in economics with a finance emphasis; not completed, according to his Due biography, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Founded Due and helped build Calendar., Coauthored Self-Employed: 50 Signs That You Might Be an Entrepreneur, published by Morgan James Publishing in 2017., Published business writing in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc.

## Career timeline

- **2002** — Purchased Adogy as his first domain name, according to his 2015 interview.
- **2011-2015** — Worked as an editor at Search Engine Journal; the publication retains his author archive.
- **2015** — Acquired Due.com for $130,000 and developed the invoicing and payments business.
- **2017** — Discussed Calendar before public launch and coauthored Self-Employed with Joel Comm.
- **2020** — Interviewed Medallia cofounder Amy Pressman at Startup Grind Global.
- **2025** — Appeared on Startups with Stu to discuss business failure, rebuilding and Calendar.
- **2026** — Continued publishing about personal finance and entrepreneurship at Due.

## Achievements

- Founded Due and helped build Calendar.
- Coauthored Self-Employed: 50 Signs That You Might Be an Entrepreneur, published by Morgan James Publishing in 2017.
- Published business writing in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc.
- Reported in March 2017 that Due was processing approximately $60 million in monthly transactions; this is historical payment volume, not revenue.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — His Due author archive lists October 5 articles about founder wealth and personal branding, and an October 1 guide to retirement when self-employed.
- **2025-04** — Appeared on Startups with Stu on April 2 to discuss the collapse of an ecommerce business, rebuilding and Calendar.

## Links

- Website: https://www.johnrampton.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrampton
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/johnrampton/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/jsrampton
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnrampton/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnramptoncom/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22