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What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur - From Idea to Execution

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Created 10 years ago

Serial Entrepreneur, CEO & Co-Founder, Vibrant Media Inc.( $100M plus revenues), AOL, Advisor, First Growth Venture Network, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year

Douglas Stevenson

San Francisco, Bay Area
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Doug served as the CEO and co-founder of Vibrant, leading the company’s expansion from start-up to over 300 employees Worldwide. Vibrant headquartered in NY grew to over $100M in revenues as a global online business with over 6,500 premium publishers, 250 million unique users per month. Located in London, New York (HQ), Boston, Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Dusseldorf. Prior to founding Vibrant, Doug worked at AOL Europe as Head of E-commerce and has twenty five years of publishing, media and Internet experience with AOL, CompuServe, Netscape, Haymarket Publishing and BBC Magazines/Redwood Publishing. Doug has a B.S.c. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Edinburgh University. Honors: Winner - Entrepreneur of the Year (E&Y), Runner-up - Entrepreneur of the Year (E&Y), Appeared on Inc. 100 and 500 fastest growing companies over three consecutive years. Highest Rated Media Brand in Customer Service among digital ad networks by Advertiser Perceptions, Inc. Hire Power Award, Crain’s New York Business Best Place to Work, Advertising Age's Best Places to Work, AlwaysON Media Top 100 ( 3 consecutive years), Deloitte & Touche fastest growing 50 companies

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Always great advice. I am a developer gone business, so BD is not my forte. But after talking with Doug, I always feel like he points me in the right direction and leaves me more confident and clear on what my next steps are.

Source: Clarity James McBryan Jun 6, 2015

You're going to love Doug's approach. He's patient, clear, knowledgable, and best of all, invested. I came to him looking for guidance with business development in the nonprofit market; and he took the time to immerse himself in my market, he asked the hard questions that I thought I only ask, and he and I came up with a sound plan together. At the end of the call, I didn't feel like he was an outsider throwing around an empty opinion, but rather an insider trying to win with me.

Source: Clarity James McBryan Apr 30, 2015

Douglas' advice has been extremely valuable to developing my company at these early stages when decisions are extremely crucial. His mentorship is one of the most valuable assets I have been fortunate enough to utilize. I would highly recommend him for entrepreneurs.

Source: Clarity John Ballentine Apr 29, 2015