2. Success Success magazine’s mission is “to be the most trusted resource for individuals seeking guidance and insight into improving their quality of life—professionally and personally”. Each issue focuses on five key areas for achieving success: Business Relationships Wealth Well-being Making a difference
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28. Marketing Launch Success Launches eCommerce Service “ Success subscribers have been requesting a quick and easier way to access other subscribers’ products and services to expand their business and find new customers. Today I’m excited to announce the launch of the Success Mart, a new on-line private eCommerce service , which gives Subscribers the ability to merchandise and access other Success subscribers’ select products and services. The Mart will provide an invaluable and exciting new resource in generating revenue.” Daren Hardy , Publisher and Editorial Director
36. ComCom Networks Team Stephen Meade, Board Chairman and Founder Mr. Meade has played an integral role in developing MonetaPro’s business model, management team, client relationships, systems and strategy. Under his direction the company has created several product offerings based on the same core technology. Mr. Meade is also the Principal in the holding company BigBamboo, LLC. ( www.BigBambooLLC.com ), which brings companies from conceptualization to creation. Serving as Chairman and “Resident Rainmaker”, the holding company has created: www.Cenoplex.com , www.Starbiz.tv , www.spoonmantics.com , Principles of Communication, MBTweeners, and others. Mr. Meade has been successfully involved in e-commerce for over 13 years and has extensive knowledge in transaction processing and payment facilitation. Also, utilizing his background in both sales and sales psychology, he offers a unique perspective to e-commerce and transaction processing. He has created successful, intuitive and forward-thinking online business models by applying Neurolinguistics, logic flow and imaginative site design. In 1996 he founded VirtualSellers.com (OTC BB: VDOT), a provider of e-commerce transaction processing service for Internet-based e-tailers. VDOT provided back-end transaction processing and clearing. The selling company would receive a check and mailing label to ship their products. By focusing on actual sales and completed orders instead of hits, page views or impressions, the hit-to-sales ratio rose to 6.5% compared to industry average of less than 1%. Order completion soared to 78% versus an industry average of only 16%. This technology, service and concept were an early precursor to PayPal. VDOT reached a remarkable market cap height of $950M and was successfully sold to a public company. In 1999 he successfully created SiteVisions, a website and database development company, which was later sold in 2000. The user interface of the latest company has garnered critical acclaims of “elegant”, “wow!”, “unlike any business application that exists”, “intuitive”, and “impressive” from such luminaries as SAP, NASA, Nebraska Economic Development and Accenture. Prior to his e-commerce ventures, he was a regional vice president with Travelers Group, a Fortune 500 financial services company. His responsibilities included hiring and training a sales force with full commission positions. He holds a Series 6 & 63 and Series 26 Principle’s licenses. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri at Kansas City. And when he was only 18, he created and owned Times Up!, a chain of retail stores which sold watches and fashion items. Mr. Meade has co-written three books in the field of credit improvement, budget and finance. Mr. Meade is a much sought-after speaker and has given lectures or served on panels numerous universities including Northwestern University , University of Chicago, Loyola University, Peter Kiewit Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and the University of Nebraska. Mr. Meade is a Founding Member of KnockNOW, a non-profit group created to accelerate the opportunities for entrepreneurs ( www.knocknow.com ). He is also on the Advisory Boards of Chicago House of Blues, International House of Blues Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum, PC Guild (tour management solution for bands) and Reinvention (strategy and marketing for women-led businesses). Recently, he was selected as a judge for the prestigious global business plan challenge from Thunderbird ( www.innovationchallenge.com ) and a finalist judge for Boats.com e-commerce challenge.
37. ComCom Networks Team Jay Sato, Chief Marketing Officer Mr. Sato is responsible for marketing, client relationships and community sponsor site implementation. He has over 25 years of executive marketing experience at Sony Electronic Inc. As a General Manager and Vice President he was responsible for creating new product categories for Sony. He was part of the team that introduced the Compact Disc player and format in 1982. In 1985 he launched the first consumer camcorder and built the Handycam™ camcorder business into $1 billion in sales and sustained a #1 market share position that Sony still enjoys. His management responsibilities included sales, marketing, financials, innovative product development, flexible pricing structures, procurement (supply chain), impactful promotions, award-winning national TV/print advertising, ground-breaking websites, and retail-partner merchandising. He also created the first U.S. home video competition with the American Film Institute and Francis Coppola and ran the contest for 14 years. To expand Sony’s imaging business, he created and developed Sony’s digital camera division. Within one year of introducing Sony’s Digital Mavica™ camera, Sony gained #1 market share. To expand the application and enjoyment of digital imaging, he then led a development team of engineers, operations, marketers and lawyers and set-up ImageStation.com, Sony’s entrepreneurial venture in image sharing, printing and gifting website services. ImageStation.com garnered almost 2 million active members in its first year and received numerous industry awards for its innovative capabilities. To elevate Sony’s other web services, he was assigned all marketing for SonyStyle.com, Sony’s eCommerce website. He supervised all advertising (TV, print, email, banner) and oversaw CRM database management and web analytics for demand generation, customer acquisition and retention. He has also participated in many digital imaging panels at CES and COMDEX and appeared on MCNBC, The Home Show, local news affiliates and been quoted in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times and AP service. He has received many awards including the 1999 Telly Award for producing a Travel Channel segment ‘Freeze Frame Fiji”. And in 2000 he was distinguished with the American Jewish Committee’s Human Relations Award. He has an engineering degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He currently holds 5 patents and 12 patents pending in digital imaging.
