Steven Glod

Adopted from Korea as an infant, I built my first landscaping and snow removal business at age twelve—and sold it when I was twenty. I grew up in a suburb of Chicago surrounded by ‘lifers’ at Fortune 500 companies, and knew early on I wanted my career to look different. 

After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in Chemistry and a stint in derivatives trading, I dove into the world of startups. I co-founded the Rent Nest in 2012 (‘Evernote’ for apartments), which led me to a six-month stint living in Romania and a whole lot of learning. We wrapped up the business in 2014 (key takeaway: your tech infrastructure needs to be flawless), and I joined Machinio later that year.

During my time at Machinio (world’s largest search engine for used industrial assets), I helped scale the organization from a startup of 3 to a company of 100+ spanning the U.S., Europe, and Asia. I relocated to Berlin in 2016 to further scale international operations, and oversaw Machino’s acquisition by Liquidity Services in mid-2018.

I’m now investing a lot of my time into helping startups scale across multiple different continents and I’m always looking to network and connect with anyone passionate about startups, crypto, and SaaS sales.

Advisor & Investor

Next generation piggy banks - Educating our youth in crypto

Immersa Studios

An award-winning, product consulting and solutions firm designed to help companies to solve complex business problems with emerging technologies & automated operations. 

Our team comprises seasoned experts across diverse technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and cloud computing. We specialize in developing, implementing, and managing cutting-edge solutions that enhance ROI by generating new revenue streams and driving cost efficiencies.

Founder

HRK Global Ventures

Investor in startups in Toronto & North America.
• Nanno (www.nanno.com)
• NowRx (www.nowrx.com)
• The Fitting Room (www.thefittingroom.tech)
• SwiftCart (www. angel.co/company/swiftcart)

Chairman

Investing in real estate properties within Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Canada. Looking to invest outside of North America at this moment.

Investor In Real Estate 

Music Producer

Cryptocurrency

Why I bought bitcoin
Bitcoin has less utility than Ethereum, but that hasn't stopped it from maintaining its title as the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. Some believe it could become a one-world currency, creating extremely high demand. But to me, that sounds far-fetched. People don't seem to be using bitcoin for transactions but rather as a growth investment or as a digital store of value. In my opinion, bitcoin's demand as a store of value is far less than what it would be as a currency or some other everyday utility. That said, bitcoin's upside could still be great given its supply is far more limited than that of Ether.

Why I bought Ether
I bought Ether because the Ethereum blockchain has real-world utility. While tokens can be used for digital payments, more practical things like smart contracts and applications can be built on top of the Ethereum blockchain. As more real-world applications are powered by the Ethereum blockchain, there will likely be an increasing demand for Ether to make it run.

Other Reasons... 
- Diversify Portfolios
- Equity Potential
- Long-Term Store of Value
- Transaction Freedom
- Cryptocurrency Is Reliable
- It’s a Social Experience
- You Own What You Buy

Investor in Crypto

Boxer

Alexa Translations

About Alexa Translations:
Alexa Translations breaks language barriers by providing A.I.-powered translations for the world’s most prestigious legal, financial, and government institutions. Trained in Canadian French and hosted on Canadian servers, the Alexa Translations A.I. platform empowers translation teams and delivers complex, industry-specific results with unmatched quality and speed. Two decades of award-winning service from our professional team of linguistic experts.

Responsibility:
Responsible for defining the market position within the context of the overall product strategy for our clients. Fanatical attention to detail and a focus on the best possible CX/UX, along with the ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into consumer and partner benefits.

Product Marketing

Mirantis

About Mirantis:
Mirantis helps organizations ship code faster on public and private clouds. We provide a public cloud experience on any infrastructure from the data center to the edge. With Lens and the Mirantis Cloud-Native Platform, Mirantis empowers a new breed of Kubernetes developers by removing infrastructure and operations complexity and providing one cohesive cloud experience for complete app and devops portability, a single pane of glass, and automated full-stack lifecycle management with continuous updates. Mirantis serves many of the world’s leading enterprises, including Adobe, DocuSign, Liberty Mutual, PayPal, Reliance Jio, Societe Generale, Splunk, and Volkswagen.

Responsibility: 
Building brand awareness and driving product adoption for the ecosystem. Implementing research insights to create world-class content assets primed for outbound promotion and enabling sales org. Working on product positioning, messaging, and narratives while leading go-to-market efforts for launches and updates across the portfolio.

Product Marketing - Cloud & Kubernetes

Maropost

About Maropost: 
Maropost is the leading Commerce platform that provides software and support to help businesses execute their customer journey better. Our platform includes Commerce (Online and Retail), Marketing, Service, and Payments management products that start and scale to meet our customers’ needs at any stage of growth. Today, thousands of customers around the world use our powerful and easy-to-use tools and integrations to attract, engage, and retain customers.

Responsibilities / Achievements:
• Built, Coached and Developed the Product Marketing to a team of 4 while owning and driving GTM strategies for new products, features, integrations and partnerships. 
• Successfully initiated the ICP / Buyer Persona project that developed positioning and messaging for new products and features with the segmentation of customers and prospects that shapes the marketing message.
• Created new product marketing internal processes to product, customer success, sales, and marketing teams to better sell/communicate new products/features and offerings.
• Achieved Q4 KPI's by setting proper timelines and coordinating launches that aligned with product-focused sales and marketing collaterals such as competitive analysis, blogs, webinars, videos, demos, product brochures and landing pages.

Director of Product Marketing

Machinio.com

About Machinio:
Machinio is the largest global platform for buying and selling machinery and equipment. We’re experts at using technology to connect buyers and sellers and facilitating transactions. Thousands of dealers and suppliers trust us to market and sell their equipment. We do this by introducing them to millions of new buyers each year.

Responsibilities / Achievements:
• First Marketing / Product Marketing Hire (Grew team of 4)
• Grew the company's YoY growth by 92% through new product development, acquisition integration into the product line and by maintaining a competitive advantage for the legacy products.
• Increased lead conversions by 30% MoM by taking charge of marketing communications strategy and implementation across web, print, sales training, corporate positioning, product launches, sales collateral and tradeshow marketing.
• Supported sales channel to achieve 105% of revenue goals with collateral and lead generation campaigns.
• Accomplishing 95% of KPI's set each month from product launch to marketing rollouts by understanding the end-to-end customer funnel.

Product Marketing Lead

Chairman @ HRK Global Ventures

With over 8 years of experience in product marketing and a successful track record of entrepreneurship, I am a results-driven professional with a passion for bringing innovative products to market. As a strategic thinker and a natural leader, I excel at creating and executing effective go-to-market plans that drive growth and revenue.

I have a proven ability to take charge of a team and drive them toward success. I have led cross-functional teams, from product development to sales, and have a track record of building and mentoring high-performing teams. I am equally comfortable working independently and can thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

My entrepreneurial spirit has led me to find and sell a company, which has given me a unique perspective on the challenges and rewards of building a business from scratch. I am an expert in market research, competitive analysis, and positioning, and have a deep understanding of the sales and marketing funnel.

I am passionate about staying on top of the latest industry trends and am always looking for new and innovative ways to drive growth. I am excited to bring my expertise and experience to a new opportunity and be a valuable member of a dynamic team.

Here's a link to all my contacts:
email: hyungkim.rae@gmail.com

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