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

Interverse #AI

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CEO - Founder

Logius

Product Manager for the Dutch National Identification System DigiD

Product Manager

MediaBlue International

- Maximize the overall business value of our PHP products; 
- Analyze our operating market and industry competitors to determine our business strategy;
- Optimize our product line to achieve business goals while maximizing the return on investment;
- Determine the product roadmap and objectives to achieve;
- Work side-by-side with the development team to improve existing and develop new products;
- Maintain our daily SCRUM and Agile workflow by applying different Agile work processes;
- Bridging gaps daily between different departments within the organization;
- Be the voice of the user inside our business and have an understanding of our user experiences;
- Create products that are valuable, usable and feasible.

Product Manager / Product Owner

RISKID

- Oversee our overall (inter)national sales of SaaS products by following up leads through cold calling, business directories, client referrals and visiting new and existing clients.
- Determine the right software solution for clients in various industries by translating the client’s needs into products, features and services;
- Host user product training for personnel and management for the use of our SaaS products;
- Host Risk Management sessions for commercial and governmental organizations;
- Develop and implement business strategies by using different sales and marketing techniques;
- Actively support the improvement and development of our SaaS products by communicating with our clients/industry professionals and conducting market research;
- Find and establish overseas partnerships with Risk Management industry professionals.

Business Manager

B.V. Vormenfabriek Tilburg

- Research the possibilities and opportunities for the production of chocolate molds by using 3D printing technology instead of heavy industry machinery;
- Conducted production tests for chocolate molds using 3d printing technology using different plastic materials to test durability;
- Advised the organization on the usage of 3D printing technology for the production of mold models.

Research and Development Intern

David Lloyd Leisure

- Responsible for monthly target sales of facility subscriptions by approaching clients through cold calling, referrals and walk-in customers.
- Provide facility tours and information to existing and new clients by demonstrating our services and advising on our subscription models;
- Retain existing customers and build long-term relationships by communicating frequently by phone or within the facility;
- Create business strategies to attract new facility member by using various marketing and sales strategies.

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