38 - Alec Stern: Constant Contact Co-Founder on the Early Days, Lessons Learned and his Pillars to Achieving SMB Success

Alec Stern, an absolute stellar human being whom I met back in Las Vegas as a random in December of 2016. He is an ingenious business man, but also, a generous man of contribution, overall.   Alec was very receptive, engaged, and also, I watched along his business journey. In the interview, Alec talks about how he was an Entrepreneur since age 12 or 13 and Entrepreneurship was in his DNA. Alec discusses 2 important challenges he faced very early on. His team did not have the important things that are needed for any business. They only had the needed passion and desire. Alec's company took public in 2007 and in 2016 he sold it for 1.1 billion dollars. Now, Alec is over committing himself, doing incredible things for Entrepreneurs and small business owners not asking for anything in return. He takes his gifts and talents into changing and impacting as many lives as possible, and extended himself especially into the youth community. In This Episode You Will Learn: Where Alec's journey began and why he started it out that way? Are Entrepreneurs born or can they be built and developed over time? The Strategy for taking a greatest idea or imagination into an executable plan in order to deliver something. A piece of advice to Entrepreneurs or business owners that are exposed to distractions and haven't discovered one great thing they really need to focus on. How Alec attracted the right people and right team and how he empowered them. What was the single biggest lesson he learnt in the whole process in building and development of Constant Contact. The 3 step strategy for certain Entrepreneurs that are limited by a cap to make a break through. What's the best part of his life? Alec Stern, Co-founder of Constant Contact, joins the, A Desire to Inspire with Manny Patrick show, to discuss his journey in build a billion dollar company. He's a seasoned senior executive with more than 25 years of experience in management, strategy, business development, marketing, channel, and software and technology sales. Alec is a Primary member of Constant Contact's founding team and was with the company since 1997. Currently he's serving on numerous executive and advisory boards for a range of nonprofits. He's instrumental in assisting these nonprofits in many marketing, planning, event, and fundraising activities, including the execution of their email marketing strategies.