Stephen Meade

STEPHEN MEADE is an American entrepreneur, executive and strategic adviser who is passionate about growing companies that make a difference in the world. He has the ability to catapult an idea from pure concept to the creation of a functioning business. In the past 20 years, he has created, incubated and architected 9 successful technology-based companies. Most ideas are impactful and timely, like VirtualSellers, started in 1996, which was the first online ecommerce transaction processing company with 7 payment options, others are revolutionary, like Cenoplex, the first company to insert a four second audio message in the sequencing gap of a mobile phone call, transforming customer care for wireless operators worldwide. Still others are more serious, such as one having a tremendous environmental impact by saving a targeted 20 Billion Gallons of water per year, and educating millions of children about water conservation. And some are plain whimsical and fun, like InBetweeners, a jacket line created by Mr. Meade, and have been worn by the likes of Joel McHale from Talk Soup, featured on the right, and others. Currently, Stephen serves as chairman and resident rainmaker at BigBamboo LLC, a holding company which incubates start-up companies from innovative idea to market-ready. As chairman and resident rainmaker at Big Bamboo, LLC, Stephen Meade creates and builds successful businesses by knowing how to gather a team with the precise skills, knowledge and expertise to move his ideas to market. After building human capital, he then raises the financial capital necessary to help bring the idea to market. In essence, he is a company architect once he determines an idea is viable. He currently guides the future of companies including My WetRock, Inc. RONAStar, ComCom, OrionNation, and others. He founded Big Bamboo, LLC to serve as the incubator for those ideas worth building a team around. His roster of successful businesses includes the founding and selling of SiteVisions.com, a website and database development company sold in 2000, and Virtual Sellers.com started in 1996, which became an innovation for an ecommerce-based transaction processing system that proved to be an early precursor to PayPal, and EAMS (Emergency Asset Management System), which is a software application for disaster management and was used in the City of New York to help manage the crisis of September 11th. To learn more, www.BigBambooLLC.com.