Sir Alec Stern
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Sir Alec Stern is an entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, and investor. He has become known as "America's Startup Success Expert" for performing hundreds of keynote speeches worldwide and for his popular sessions at top conferences.
He's been a co-founder or founding team member of 8 startups with 5 exits - 2 IPOs and 3 acquisitions. As a primary member of Constant Contact's founding team Alec was one of the original 3 who started the company in an attic. Alec was with the company for 18 years from start-up, to IPO, to a $1.1 Billion-dollar acquisition. Alec has also been a Co-Founder or founding team of several other successful startups including, VMark (IPO & acquisition), Reacher Grasper Cane, MOST Cardio and MetaClarity amongst others.
Recently, Alec received the distinct honor of being Knighted by the Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen, of the Royal and Sovereign House of Cappadocia and San Bartolomeo. His Knight of Merit is for his exceptional accomplishments in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Philanthropy.
Alec was selected to the Influence 100 Authority List by Influence Magazine and was recognized as The World Authority for Entrepreneurship by The Credible Source. In 2020, Alec was a 2-time Visionary Award and a Legend Award winner for his success as an entrepreneur and for his work helping startups and entrepreneurs. In 2021, Alec was 2-time Award of Excellence – Keynote Speaker recipient at top conferences. Alec is also the 2022 Be Great – Exemplary Humanitarian Award recipient.
One of the Northeast's most accomplished entrepreneurs, he is a limited partner in Boston-based G20 Ventures, which provides early traction capital for East Coast enterprise tech startups. Alec is also an angel investor and mentor in a number of rising startups in various industries. Today Alec is innovating in a variety of industries like SaaS, Technology, Web 3.0, Metaverse, Crypto, Medical Devices and Cannabis.
Alec is passionate about small business, entrepreneurship and innovation. Working within the inner cities, or as he calls it, “urban innovation” is near and dear to his heart.
Only a sideman when it comes to music, Alec is an accomplished drummer and has had the honor of sitting in with a number of musicians including Toby Keith’s house band in Vegas.
Connect with Alec:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alec-s-3b6a94196
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlecStern
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alecspeaks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alec.stern
Website: http://www.alecspeaks.com
Email: alecstern@gmail.com
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