Steven Glod — CEO
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.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS expert with a strong background in startup growth and financial analysis.
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Experience: 24 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Sales Strategy
- B2b Saas
- Startup Development
- Trading
- Financial Analysis
- Market Research
Career Highlights
- Built a startup from $0 to over $15M in ARR
- Scaled Machinio from 3 to 100+ employees
- Raised $300k in seed funding for The Rent Nest
Work Experience
Rowan
Co-Founder & CEO (2 yrs 10 mos)
Metacare
Investor (2 yrs 3 mos)
Divibank
Investor (2 yrs 3 mos)
Atmosfy
Investor (3 yrs 2 mos)
chaos
Investor (3 yrs 5 mos)
Newchip Accelerator
Mentor (4 yrs 4 mos)
Silicon Allee
Mentor (4 yrs 6 mos)
Machinio
Senior Director - Head of International (4 yrs 8 mos)
Partner & Vice President of Sales (6 yrs)
Techstars
Screening Committed (0 mo)
Mentor (5 yrs 8 mos)
Interverse #AI
Advisor & Investor (5 yrs 5 mos)
Strive #crypto
Advisor & Investor (5 yrs 4 mos)
NowRx
Angel Investor (6 yrs)
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
New Venture Challenge (3 mos)
The Rent Nest
Co-Founder & CEO (1 yr 8 mos)
Eldorado Trading Group
Derivative Trader (1 yr 4 mos)
Premier Wealth Group of Metlife
Financial Services Representative (7 mos)
Lasalle Futures Group
Commodity Broker (9 mos)
North Shore Country Club
High Honor Caddy (8 yrs)
Education
Bachelor's degree at Indiana University Bloomington
at GoingVC
at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business