Cindy Lin

Cindy Lin

GM of Staged4more Home Staging, and EcoJoe -- the Original Eco-Friendly St. Joseph Statue Home Selling Kits

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
Past
  • Yoga Teacher (Self-employed)
  • Anaylst & Translator at CID Venture Capital of Beijing
  • Corps Member of City Year Washington DC; Executive Director of Camp City Year at City Year
Education
  • Live Green Live Smart/Green Building Science
  • Sustainable Building Advisor
  • Certified Staging Professional

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Industry
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Cindy Lin’s Summary

My goal in life is simple: be useful, be relevant and be mindful.

I am fascinated by entrepreneurship & small businesses (especially issues pertaining to women and youth), social medias, marketing, housing issues, green real estate and green building issues.

My goal is to make positive changes in people's lives, one house at a time.

Cindy Lin’s Specialties:

Real Estate: Vacant & Occupied Home Staging, Sustainability in Real Estate & Green Training, Real Estate, Web 2.0 Media/Social Network Training, Marketing & Support

Technology: Web 2.0 (Social Media, Blogging), Online Marketing & Training for Professionals

Small Business & Entrepreneurship: Management, Operations, Product Development, Customer Relationship, Marketing & PR, Sales

Non-Profits: Event Planning, Marketing & Operations, Volunteer Management, Fund-Raising & Sponsorships

Cindy Lin’s Experience

  • Trainer

    Live Green Live Smart/ Green Build Science Program

    (Real Estate industry)

    February 2009 — Present (10 months)

    This is designed to educate Real Estate pros on topics of Sustainability, Green Building Science & provide them with tools to educate their clients.

    In the 1-day course, participants will learn:
    # Environmental and Ecosystem Overview
    # LEED and other certifying organization programs
    # Case study of a remodeled home
    # Tax Credits, Rebates, Incentive
    # The information you give your clients will save them the cost of this program many times over (up to $27,000 in some locations)
    # What can you do on a $2,000 budget and up to a $90,000 budget

    This course is open to ALL real estate professionals. http://www.GreenREtraining.com
    **Cindy will also incorporate her training from Sustainable Building Advisor program

  • General Manager, Founder

    EcoJoe -- the Original Eco-Friendly St. Joseph Statue Home Selling Kit

    (Real Estate industry)

    November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

    EcoJoe is a green alternative to the plastic St. Joseph statue kits that are used in bring good luck in selling homes. EcoJoe is earth, people and pet friendly, and is bio-degradable if left buried in the earth. For more info, visit www.ecojoekits.com

  • General Manager

    Staged4more Home Staging & Redesigns

    (Privately Held; Real Estate industry)

    February 2006 — Present (3 years 10 months)

    Staged4more is now a sub-division of Swift Real Estate Productions LLC.

    Founded in early 2006, Staged4more is one of the most unique home staging companies in San Francisco bay area that supports its clients not only through flexible home staging services, clients can also receive green real estate, online marketing/web 2.0 and graphics support.

    Filled with inventory, Staged4more sits in a 3,600 square warehouse in South San Francisco. To date, Staged4more has staged $45+ million worth of properties.

    Staged4more has received notable awards such as 2009 CSP Green Bud Business of the Year Award, 2008 Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award, 2008 awardee of Make Mine A Million business competition in Micro category, and several other honorable mentions. Staged4more has also done work for HGTV, interviewed by San Francisco Chronicle, San Mateo County Times and many other online and off-line media including Inman blog, Curbly.com, and How to Build A Successful Home Staging Business authored by Barb Schwarz.

    In 2009, Staged4more starts offering Live Green Live Smart 1-day seminar for anyone who wants to learn how to green their living environment and leverage green building for higher resale values. Realtors can take this 1-day seminar for LGLS CP designation, which also qualifies for DRE approved 8 CEU in Consumer Protection. (www.GreenREtraining.com)

    As General Manager of Staged4more, Cindy oversees the division, internal and external/site operations, and maintain personal contacts with potential clients, relationship building and retention, styling & designs, inventory management, marketing & PR of the company.

  • Yoga Teacher

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    July 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 7 months)

    ***(temporarily taking a pause on yoga)

    *Cindy mainly teaches vinyasa (vigorous or gentle), Hatha and restorative yoga that often has the physical themes of opening hips, hearts, or shoulders. Her personal philosophy of play, choice and service often reflect in her teaching, assists
    and adjustments.
    *Also a strong believer in social responsibilities, she donates classes and private lessons to bay area non profits for fund-raisers in additions to teaching private clients throughout SF bay area.
    *As a teacher who is still trying to find her own unique teaching voice and diversifying her teaching experiences and knowledge, she is determined to embark on many more mind-boggling journeys of teacher training in various yoga styles.

  • Anaylst & Translator

    CID Venture Capital of Beijing

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    June 2004 — October 2004 (5 months)

  • Corps Member of City Year Washington DC; Executive Director of Camp City Year

    City Year

    (Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

    August 2003 — June 2004 (11 months)

    ﹟ Co-Developed & taught interactive substance abuse and HIV/AIDS awareness curriculums to 1128 4th-6th graders in 15 DC Public School System schools.
    ﹟ Revitalized, acted and delivered skit shows to 3163 DCPS 4th-6th graders.
    ﹟ Educated 15 kindergartners in after-school literacy program.
    # Led team of 5 to produce a Radio PSA for HIV/AIDS awareness

    As Camp City Year Exec Director:
    ﹟ Oversaw, managed and trained Recruitment Directors, Operations Directors, Programming Directors and local volunteers.
    ﹟ Designed and implemented incentives to raise team moral; conducted company surveys to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of communications within the infrastructure; set up channels for constructive criticisms.
    ﹟ Cultivated, maintained relationships with local community, potential sponsors and partners.
    ﹟ Resolved camp emergencies, disciplinary actions and complaints.
    ﹟ Tabulated survey results and complied feedbacks and recommendations for future

Additional Information

Cindy Lin’s Websites:

Cindy Lin’s Groups:

Cal Alumni Association, Internation Association of Home Staging Professionals, Real Estate Staging Association, SF Small Biz Women Meetup (Organizer), Active Rain, pow.wow women's network, BizTechDay

  •    Real Estate Connect
  •    The Personal MBA Community
  •    Women 2.0
  •    OPEN Forum
  •    LinkedSEO
  •    University of California Alumni (Berkeley)
  •    Business Thinktank
  •    Internet Affiliate Marketers Association (IAMA)
  •    Ladies Who Launch
  •    Active Rain Members
  •    San Francisco Chapter, Real Estate Staging Association (RESA)
  •    REBarCamp
  •    San Francisco Bay Area Search Engine Marketing
  •    Pow.wow Network
  •    Women For Hire
  •    San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose Real Estate Network
  •    New Homes Professional Network
  •    Business Opportunities Network
  •    International Real Estate Network Group
  •    Bay Area - Silicon Valley Network
  •    REBlogWorld
  •    Real Estate Shows
  •    BizTechDay - October 22-23, 2009
  •    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
  •    SF/Bay Area Green Building
  •    REBarcamp Los Angeles
  •    Certified Staging Professionals
  •    The Sustainability Pro Bono EXchange (SPBEX)
  •    Affordable Housing: Building, Design, Planning, Green Technology, Investment
  •    Bay Area Sustainable Building Advsior Alliance
  •    TwitterQueens

Cindy Lin’s Honors:

-2009 Winner, CSP Green Bud Business of the Year
-2008 Winner, Make Mine A Million $ business competition in Micro category www.makemineamillion.org
-2008 Winner, Sam Walton Emerging Entrepreneur Award

-2008 Finalist, Professional Stager of the Year by Real Estate Staging Association
-2008 Finalist, Innovative Stager of the Year by Real Estate Staging Association

-Panelist at 2009 Certified Staging Professionals Convention
-Featured speaker at 2009 Los Angeles Stagers' Event
-Keynote speaker at the 2008 International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP) Convention.

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