Sweat Equity Connection, Inc
World’s only mrketplace matching early stage companies w/Exec’s & Service Providers willing to work for at least a portion of comp in equity
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location United States
- Currency USD
- Founded September 2010
- Employees 3
- Website sweatequityconnection.com
Company Summary
SEC is the World’s first & only marketplace matching startups & small, growing businesses w/talented executives, managers & service providers who want to take at least a portion of their compensation in equity. Using our Talent Matching Technology, a proprietary matching system w/custom algorithms & factors like workplace culture, personality traits & sweat equity experience, we create & rank the best matches for each user.
Team
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Ken KwitCEO/Co-founder
Proven entrepreneur and former CEO of public and private companies including Sonoma Vineyards, Expressions, $100MM home furnishings bldr, WineSource.com, a PE backed marketer of wines, Post Tools ($30-million retailer) & FurnitureFind.com, a $25MM marketer of furniture. He also served as VP & General Counsel at Norton Simon (Fortune-100 owner of McCall's, Canada Dry, Max Factor & Avis) & founded a successful 100-person NYC corporate law firm.
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Nick CaroneCMO/Co-founder
1989 Harvard graduate and member of the 1989 NCAA Ice Hockey champions. He is an entrepreneur & former Senior VP with New Motion (Atrinsic–Kazaa – NASDAQ: ATRN) where he grew subscriber based membership to 400K with $4.1MM in monthly revenues, former CMO at Metro Commerce (marketing firm serving Netflix & Schwan's), former VP of Marketing at LifeMinders (NASDAQ: LFMN) and founder of a NASCAR sponsorship-sales group.
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Bob LyonsVP Sales/Co-founder
Executive with 30 years of experience leading divisions for Fortune 500 companies in the recruitment industry with Kelly Services and Olsten Services. Most recently at Kelly Services, created a new financial staffing brand & expanded it globally. Grew the business from 0 to over 50 offices in 15 countries, generating over $100M in sales. Also recognized as a thought leader on alternative workforce strategies & is frequently a guest speaker.
Advisors
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Jodie McGrath, TriJem Services, IncLawyerUnconfirmed
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