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    Ben Stokes

    Ben Stokes

    Founding Partner - Chasing Rainbows, a pre-seed venture fund which invests in tech or tech-adjacent companies with founders who identify as LGBTQ+.

    Current Board Member - StartOut + The Pinnacle Foundation.

    Previous Startup Founder - SocialTable.

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    Experience
    PeduL
    PeduL
    Investor
    Early Investor
    yaza
    yaza
    Investor 2022 - Present (over 4 years)
    Early Investor
    TômTex
    TômTex
    Investor 2022 - Present (over 4 years)
    Early Investor
    SoundMind
    SoundMind
    Investor 2022 - Present (over 4 years)
    Early Investor
    legalkarma
    legalkarma
    Investor 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)
    Early Investor
    Tall Poppy
    Tall Poppy
    Investor 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)
    Early Investor
    Cipio
    Cipio
    Investor 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)
    Early Investor
    HearMe
    HearMe
    Investor 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Early Investor
    https://www.allthecream.com/
    https://www.allthecream.com/
    Investor 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Early Investor
    www.thatsclutch.com
    www.thatsclutch.com
    Investor 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Early Investor
    Kyndoo (acquired by Cipio.ai)
    Kyndoo (acquired by Cipio.ai)
    Investor 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Early Investor in Kyndoo.com
    Komplyd
    Komplyd
    Investor 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Early Investor in Komplyd
    Underclub
    Underclub
    Angel Investor/Board Member/Strategic Advisor 2017 - Present (over 9 years)
    First-Round Angel Investor of Underclub, a subscription underwear club for women. Sitting on the board, and offer strategic advice to the CEO. Since joining there has been... more a significant growth of 35% in subscriptions, duet to newly created marketing and sales strategies. We are well into raising our initial seed investment, to which I am helping to accommodate.
    Start-Up
    Start-Up
    Sales and Business Operations Consultant 2015 - Present (about 11 years)
    Designed and implemented sales operations plans, metrics, processes, systems, and policies. Transition sales strategies quickly to deliver growth, restructure segments, create... more additional channels, regional expansion, and deliver new sales leadership strategies and approaches. Develop sales coverage and enablement plans and programs based on data, analytics, and insight. Leverage full capabilities of your systems for better productivity. Sales operations program development to reflect company cul
    SocialTable
    SocialTable
    Founder, CEO/Founder 2017 - 2021 (almost 4 years)
    Created SocialTable - The NEW Social Dining company bringing people together, one meal at a time. The tool allows you to book and pay for a single seat at a group table at... more a restaurant as a way to meet people. So, no matter if you're travelling for pleasure, in a new city for work, recently moved to a new city, or if you just want to go out and meet some new friends - SocialTable is your key to connecting with likeminded individuals. So, come share a meal with us. Sign up on: www.socialtable.co
    Lever
    Exit
    Lever
    Sales Director + Enterprise Account Executive 2016 - 2017 (11 months)
    (Contract) First Enterprise Account Executive, responsible for building out the Enterprise Sales Strategy and Team. Consulting with large enterprises and engaging them in... more a solution-based sales cycle. Presenting the value of the Lever Talent Acquisition Suite to senior C-level executives, Recruitment Teams, and Heads of Talent. Closed Lever's largest 3 customers. Creating and managing a strong pipeline of business and leveraging relationships to gain further traction in the marketplace - growing
    TIBCO
    TIBCO
    Customer Account Executive - Enterprise Financial Services - Strategic Focus 2015 - 2016 (8 months)
    (Contract) Consulting with large enterprise financial institutions and engaging them in a solution-based sales cycle. Presenting the value of the TIBCO FastData Platform to... more senior C-level executives. Creating and managing a strong pipeline of business and leveraging relationships to gain further traction in the marketplace. Closed 2 large financial institutions - who digitalized their messaging service.
    Salesforce
    Salesforce
    Commercial Account Executive - General Business - Strategic Focus 2013 - 2015 (about 2 years)
    Managed a fast sales cycle and presented the value of the Salesforce Platform to senior c-level executives across businesses with 400-1400 seats. Built strong relationships... more with customers, who were both the end user, and the executives buying into the vision of what Salesforce can do for their business goals. Presented options for using the Salesforce platform to achieve clients' objectives by connecting to their employees, suppliers and customers. Generated more than AUD 3.55 million worth of s
    Entropy
    Entropy
    Sales Manager 2012 - 2013 (about 1 year)
    Healthcare and Lifescience sales for Oracle Managed an 8-person sales and presales team within the Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit. Responsible or the sale of... more business applications software solutions and related services to prospective and existing customers. Developed solution proposals encompassing all aspects of the application tailored to customer's strategic goals. Negotiated pricing and contractual agreements, helped mentor the team into understanding complex business deals. Id
    Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson
    Employee 2010 - 2012 (over 2 years)
    Medical Sales Manager/Product Specialist, Plastics and Reconstruction Product Specialist, including Sales and Territory Management for Central Sydney Lead a team of six Product... more Specialists responsible for the Mentor and Ethicon Product ranges in Central Sydney. Attended surgical cases, giving intra-operative education and support when needed by doctors, nurses, and other clinical professionals. Responsible for training staff and for the continual growth of the Ethicon and Mentor divisions of bus
    Applied Medical
    Applied Medical
    Territory Manager and Sales Management 2008 - 2010 (about 1 year)
    northern New South Wales, Australia Responsible for all Applied Medical sales in the northern NSW region, including laparoscopic surgery education. Attended surgical cases,... more giving intra-operative information and support when needed to doctors, nurses and other clinical professionals. Responsible for training staff and the continual growth of the Applied Medical range across the region. Responsible for providing marketing information to hospitals, and ensuring its distribution across all levels o
    Smith and Nephew
    Smith and Nephew
    Territory Manager and Sales Management 2007 - 2008 (over 1 year)
    Tasmania Responsible for sales in hips, knees, trauma, capital equipment and endoscopy. Attended surgical cases, giving intra-operative information and support. Training staff,... more including in-servicing doctors, nurses and other clinical professionals. Supplied key marketing information crucial for the continual growth of Smith and Nephew's business. Managed to secure 100% market share of trauma within the Tasmanian state, and 65% market share of large joints. Increased sales from AUD 1 million ann
    Chasing Rainbows
    Chasing Rainbows
    Founder, Founding Partner 2021 - Present (almost 5 years)
    Founder
    Chasing Rainbows, SocialTable
    Employee
    Smith and Nephew, Applied Medical, Johnson & Johnson, Entropy, Salesforce, TIBCO, Lever, Start-Up, Underclub, Komplyd, Kyndoo (acquired by Cipio.ai), www.thatsclutch.com, https://www.allthecream.com/, HearMe, Cipio, Tall Poppy, legalkarma, SoundMind, TômTex, yaza, PeduL
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    About
    Achievements

    I've been building a new wing on an orphanage in Sri Lanka. The orphanage is actually the same orphanage I was adopted from 30+ years ago. I was blessed with the opportunity to trace my heritage back to that orphanage, and realised that they kept me alive from the age of 2months til 1.5years old. After meeting with them, on 3 seperate trips this year, they asked if I could possibly help them with building a new baby wing at the orphanage, increasing the number of babies they could look after from 6 to 12. It has been an absolute honour and privilege to be a part of this build, and to give back to those people who were so generous in keeping me alive during the first 17 months of my life. I owe them so much, and I hope that this is just the beginning of what else I can help them with.

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    Sales Sales and Marketing Salesforce Process Improvement Process Management Sales Strategy and Management Inside Sales Sales Management Sales Support Management Start-Ups Startups Startup Founder Start-Up CEO Managing Startups Self Starter / Self Motivated Advertising Business Operations Buying Cadence Consulting Customer Relationship Management Data Management Distribution English language Financial Financial Services Focus French language HR Human Resources Marketing Management Messaging Microsoft Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office Microsoft Outlook Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Word Oracle Plastics Pricing Services Surgery Talent Acquisition Territory Management tibco Trauma Shareasale
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