Stephen Meade

Stephen Meade
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Missouri–Kansas City
Occupation Entrepreneur, speaker
Years active 1996 - present
Known for Chairman- Bigbamboo LLC.
President & CEO- Upperstreet Marketing
Founder- MagMo, Virtual Sellers

Stephen Meade is an American entrepreneur, business executive and strategic adviser.[1] Meade has successfully incubated nine technology-based companies in the past 20 years.[2] Currently, Stephen serves as the Chairman at BigBamboo LLC, a holding company that incubates start-up companies and is also head of MagMo, My Wet Rock, RONAstar and ComCom (Community Commerce) Networks.[3][4][5]

Career

Stephen graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City with a bachelor's degree in Business and Marketing.[6] By the age of 21, he had written three books on credit improvement and finance, and an infomercial called "Give Yourself Credit". He then spent 6 years in financial services and in 1996, started his first internet company called Virtual Sellers which became an innovation for an e-commerce based transaction processing system that proved to be an early precursor to PayPal.[7]

Stephen Meade is particularly notable for his contributions to technology based companies, including:

  • 2Xchange: Chicago based software company specializing in asset management and redeployment technologies. 2Xchange is best known for having developed, implemented, and powered the software behind the Emergency Asset Management System platform.[8]
  • Cenoplex: Developed "Actionable Audio Messages" technology, a wireless audio advertising platform and insertion engine for mobile operators.[9]
  • Community Commerce Networks (ComCom): A closed loop and private labeled transaction system for affinity groups.
  • OrionNation: An "anti-Facebook" site for entertainers looking to control their own content.
  • RONAStar: Enterprise solution "empowering large corporations to save money by redeploying idle assets".[10]
  • MonetaPro - web-based software application for global trading (ibid.).

Virtual Sellers

Stephen founded VirtualSellerc, the first Internet based master merchant for eCommerce in 1996, where he helped develop a transaction processing systems for internet based retailers. The VirtualSellerc was sold in 1999 to a public company that assumed the name of Virtualsellers.com. The company provided up to 7 payment options, and easy transaction processing and clearing services for small and medium businesses looking to sell their products online.[11]>[12]

Cenoplex

Stephen Meade was the founder and CEO of Cenoplex, an audio messaging and services company that helps carriers in Lifecycle Management (LCM) efforts to reduce churn, promote Value Added Services (VAS), and increase Revenue (ARPU) with non-intrusive audio content. Fully funded, with an A+ Management team and Advisory Board, Cenoplex is the first company in the world to insert a four-second audio message in the call sequencing gap of an outbound mobile call, all without disrupting the call path.[13]

KnockNOW

In August 2000, Meade and former government commissioner Bob Gerometta founded KnockNOW, a non-profit organization committed to accelerating opportunities for entrepreneurs. Meade and Gerometta wanted to educate and support a community professionals from five key business sectors: service; politics, press and academics; investment; corporate; and entrepreneurial. Today, the KnockNOW community continues to hold regular meetings called "Isolation is a Good Thing".[14]

Big Bamboo

Stephen Meade founded Big Bamboo, LLC as a holding company and incubator for start-up companies. Meade serves as business architect, venture capitalist, and relationship builder.

My WetRock

Stephen Meade created My WetRock, a consumer product that saves a targeted 20 billions of gallons of water per year by reducing the amount of wasted water when flushing toilets.[15] At My WetRock, Meade promotes environmental awareness and provides creative educational tools through a comic character called "Johnny Waterdrop". In March 2011, Meade was named TCVN's FastPitch Winner for his work with My WetRock.[16]

Leadership

Stephen has been a notable speaker and mentor to the Founder Institute, world's largest entrepreneur training and startup launch program.[17][18][19] Meade is also noted for his active participation in the Clinton Global Initiative and Opportunity Green.[20][21][22]

Meade has stood as guest lecturer at several universities, including MIT, Harvard, USC, UCLA, Northwestern and Peter Kiewit Institute among others.[1][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Stephen Meade". Market Visual. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Upper Street Marketing Inc. Announces First Acquisition of MagMo, Inc". Yahoo News. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Upper Street Marketing Subsidiary MagMo Selected for the Alpha Startup Program at the Words Premiere Web Summit; CEO Stephen Meade Selected To Speak On Technology Panel". Kusi News. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "March Forum FastPitch Winner: Stephen Meade, My Wet Rock, LLC". TVCN. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "STEPHEN MEADE". Voice America. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stephen Meade". Crunch Base. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Attend the Sea/la chapter meeting, monday february 25th, 2013 from 6pm-8pm". Academics for Social Entrepreneurship. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "Company Overview of 2Xchange, Inc". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ↑ Bernstein, Peter (14 June 2012). "Cenoplex Actionable Audio Messages Helps Mobile Operators Tackle Customer Care Costs". TMCNet. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Adding Audio to Your Business Web Site - Helps Sales Reps Maximize In-person Meeting Impact". Marketing Sherpa. 10 February 2004. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Corporate". Upper Street Marketing. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Executive Profile - Stephen Meade". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "Cenoplex". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  14. ↑ "Stephen Meade - Board Chairman and Founder". Moneta Pro. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "My WetRock". Angel.co. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "March Forum FastPitch Winner: Stephen Meade, My Wet Rock, LLC". TCVN. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  17. ↑ Morgan, Nailah (30 December 2014). "Los Angeles Founder Institute Final Applications Due Sunday". Founder Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  18. ↑ Greechan, Jonathan (5 October 2012). "Great #Startup Mentors Confirmed for the San Diego Founder Institute". Founder Institute. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  19. ↑ Deagon, Brian (22 February 2011). "Starting A Business: Be Persistent, Focused, Bold, Passionate And Soar With Eagles". Deagon's Digest. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  20. ↑ "Speakers Kit". Isolation Is A Good Thing. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "Interconnected: Accelerating Green Product Innovation and New Business Models, Moderated by Anya Kamenetz, Fast Company". Opportunity Green. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "Opportunity Green Business Conference 2010 Speakers". Opportunity Green. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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