Steven Cox

http://takelessons.com. Executive, speaker, musician. I am truly happiest in the pursuit of a worthy goal.

The reason my blog is called "Build Something You're Proud Of" is becuase, in life, I believe that a person is truly happy when they are in pursuit of a worthly goal.

No matter what you do, do it with so much passion that, at the end, you know you gave it your best. Learn, believe, give.

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My Personal Mission Statement:

Personal Mission Statement
I live my life in a way that makes a positive lasting difference on people and my environment. I support my friends and family with my time and finances. I live my life with the full expectation of succeeding and excelling in all I do. I make my life count by being a man of integrity that accomplishes greatness by reaching out to help others, being passionate about what I do, and fully developing my mind. I don't have the right to be ordinary. Therefore, I lead, I lift the human spirit, and together with those I love, we will create a legacy and an empire: an empire of both inner and outer wealth, and a legacy of love.

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Speaker and Motivator:

Specialization in motivation, goal setting, early stage companies, and entrepreneurship.

"Steven,
Thank you so much for the great presentations last night. We had a larger than expected crowd and I attribute this directly to the quality of the speakers. I have been receiving emails all morning from attendees that extremely grateful for the quality of presentations you gave.

I look forward to following your success and maybe you can come update the group at some point. Again, Awesome event and we (the team) owe it to great Entrepreneurs like you that are giving back to the community."

- Cliff Currie, CEO, StartUpCircle.com

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Hi, thanks for reading my blog. I am the founder and CEO of TakeLessons.com - a company that provides music and voice lessons nationwide to private students, schools, after school programs, and corporate wellness centers.

I like working for TakeLessons because I feeel like I'm making a difference. I get to construct something from scratch, and learn the ins and outs of building a lasting company.

I was influenced young as both my parents and grandparents were recording artists, cutting several gospel albums on the Maramount record label.

Music was never far from me, and as the lead singer for the San Diego-based band, Across the Room, I toured regionally throughout southern California and Arizona.

We released two indie albums - the first cost $15K in a big studio. The second cost $300 in our spare bedrooms. (The second was better than the first).

On the business side, I was a founding employee of a business-to-business internet marketplace for local merchants that went public in 1999 as the 4th highest performing stock of that year.

After that, I served as VP of Business Development at CollegeClub.com, one of the first social networking sites and, in 2000, the 38th largest site on the net with over 8 million unique monthly visitors.

On the consulting side of things, I worked on internet strategy with numerous large corporations including Cisco, Club Med, and Sequenom Biotechnology.

I was the first kid in my family to go to college and graduated with dual degrees in Investment Finance and Human Communications from Eastern KY University.