Kevin Dykes
Co-Founder at Seedstage.tv and Partner at Forest For The Trees.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, Marketing |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Seedstage.tv |
| Position: | Co-Founder |
| Time period: | March 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Seedstage is in startup as well – but will be a digital media channel & platform dedicated to showcasing the stories of early stage startups and emerging technology companies through miniature documentaries, short-form narrative vignettes and episodic content. (Imagine Inc. Magazine meets NPR meets 60 minutes – all showcasing the companies in the amazing tech startup scene.) The underlying core of Seedstage.tv will be a gated access media app. to enable companies to tell a compelling story to those that help them become fast growing companies – journalists and bloggers, potential investors, advisors & board members, strategic partners and on.
• Video production for business stories, video blogs, etc. |
| Employer: | Forest For The Trees |
| Position: | Partner |
| Time period: | January 2007 - Present |
| Description: | • Internet Content Marketing and Social Media to drive business goals, WordPress-based
Business Sites, Interactive Project Manager. • I bring over 16 years of marketing & business development experience, with a focus during the past 13 years on Internet business initiatives. |
| Employer: | Mosquito Coast / Cloudburst |
| Position: | Partner & Director of Business Development |
| Time period: | February 2002 - October 2007 |
| Description: | • Developed International distribution strategy & development of channel relationships throughout the US.
• Responsible for creation of end-user marketing & lead management programs as a consulting role to client distributors - to pull products through distribution. • Implemented Training Program and Co-Created the Authorized Dealer model & program. |
| Employer: | AllianceBuilder.com |
| Position: | Founder |
| Time period: | March 2000 - August 2001 |
| Description: | Founded an Internet Strategy & Consulting Firm, with primary focus on managing Business
Development & Strategic Alliance relationships for client companies. |
| Employer: | US Creative, Ci2i |
| Position: | Co-Founder & Director of Internet Strategy/Community |
| Time period: | May 1997 - March 2001 |
| Description: | • Co-Founded company and grew team from 3 to 35 Employees.
• Along with partners, successfully raised over $1 million in Angel Round and $5million in Series A Round. • Directed Internet & Custom Content Management Application for USCreative.com • Directed strategy and development of online creative community • U.S. Creative had become the largest and most extensive on-line resource for the creative services industry. Uscreative.com was a unique portal and infomediary servicing multiple creative industry verticals by connecting marketing and communications professionals with suppliers of creative services, and serving as a comprehensive on-line tool for community information, interaction and e-commerce. • The company launched new name as Ci2i, Launched Streamline; a New Product Web-Enabled the Entire Production Process for TV Ads — From Spec Development Through Post-Production and Storage |
