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Steve Markowitz
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Steve Markowitz is a Honolulu-based investor and entrepreneur, whose experience includes leading the successful IPO of MyPoints.com, Inc. As co-founder, chairman and CEO, Steve charted MyPoints.com's course of early hypergrowth: zero to $64 million in revenue and zero to 16 million members. AngelList has recognized Steve as a "notable founder" and "notable operator." Steve is chairman of BeeStripe LLC and LifeDNA, Inc. He is vice chairman of iFirst Medical Technologies, Inc. Steve serves as a lead mentor at Honolulu's Blue Startups and is a limited partner in its series of funds. Previously, Steve was co-founder, chairman and CEO of pioneering loyalty marketer MyPoints.com. He led the company from inception as Intellipost Corp. in Nov. 1996 through its successful $46 million IPO (Aug. 1999), $211 million secondary offering (Feb. 2000) and beyond. Under Steve's stewardship, MyPoints.com grew to a peak market value of $2.8 billion. Steve's early career includes experience as a securities analyst for Fidelity Investments and as a financial journalist for Dow Jones & Co., both in Tokyo. He is fluent in Japanese. Steve holds two degrees from UC Berkeley, an MBA and a B.A. in East Asian Languages (high honors, Japanese). He has been honored by UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business with the coveted Richard H. Holton Teaching Fellowship (2009), recognizing his well-received lectures in the Entrepreneurship and New Venture Finance courses.
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Steve is a great CEO, he is direct, respectful, and willing to fight for what he believes. He is outstanding at raising money, a wonderful public speaker and knowledgeable in all areas of growing a company including IPO.
Source: LinkedIn Chaz Berman Jan 11, 2014Working on a deal with Steve was great. I enjoyed his industry knowledge, leadership and creativity.
Dennis Cagan
CEO, Santa Barbara Technology Group
Steve is a visionary and one of the leading minds in direct marketing for the digital age. His astute understanding of the Internet and the consumer, combined with a lightening fast intellect, make him a force for the industry...
Source: LinkedIn Dan Kihanya Jan 11, 2014Steve demonstrated tremendous vision in his drive to establish MyPoints as a leading direct maketing services company. I learned a great deal about salesmanship, marketing and general business practices while working for Steve at MyPoints. He is a tireless leader with great people skills.
Source: LinkedIn David Weinrot Jan 11, 2014Steve was extraordinarily perceptive about market dynamics in founding MyPoints and in devising strategy for the company during its growth phase. He had a large vision and showed great persistence in the mission of building equity value and in accelerating the company's growth. Several investors (me included) were rewared handomely in following his lead.
Source: LinkedIn Larry Phillips Jan 11, 2014Steve is a great entrepreneur and manager and I was lucky to be an early board member and investor in MyPoints, which he led. He knows how to motivate, market and lead, and I had a happy and profitable time working with him.
Source: LinkedIn Howard Morgan Jan 11, 2014Steve is an unstoppable creative force and an impressive thought leader.
Source: LinkedIn Andrew Thompson Jan 11, 2014What is most impressive about Steve is his ability to link seemingly unrelated trends and form an executable vision for his company and its products.
He is a powerful thinker, negotiator, and leader who instills confidence in employees, analysts and investors. He has a proven track record of raising significant capital and effectively putting that capital to work.
Source: LinkedIn Leland Harden Jan 11, 2014Steve is a truly visionary business leader who ceaselessly drives his organization to achieve new heights. He possesses a rare talent for developing new, creative product and business model concepts. His record of entrepreneurial achievement speaks for itself, and any organization, large or small, would benefit from his creativity, passion and drive to succeed.
Source: LinkedIn Noah Doyle Jan 11, 2014Steve and I worked together during the early days of the Internet and beyond. Steve is both a true visionary abd a great businessman, which do not often go hand in hand. He built one of the few solid companies that still excels in its space. I have no doubt that whatever he touches will turn out well and wish him all the continued luck (only asking that he stays in touch).
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