Joseph Steig

Joseph Steig

Director, Venture Well and CFO, Long River Ventures

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

Current
  • Manager of Venture Development at National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance
  • CFO at Long River Ventures
  • Founder at Zygote Games LLC
  • Managing Director at IP (Innovation Path Inc.)
Past
  • CFO at Canopy Development Company LLC
  • Founder, Managing Director at River Valley Investors
  • Co-founder at Invention 2 Venture
  • President at Mass Ventures Corporation
  • CFO at HotRoof Inc.
  • Vice-President at Mass Ventures Corporation
  • CFO at Ecotrek Inc.
  • Controller at AquaFuture Inc.
  • Senior Assistant Director, Admissions at Hampshire College
  • Business Director at Catalyst Financial Group
Education
  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management
  • Hampshire College
Connections
193 connections
Industry
Management Consulting
Websites

Joseph Steig’s Summary

I am a CFO and advisor to business and non-profit entrepreneurs working with entrepreneurs on strategic plans, financial forecasts, business presentations and on business process and technology implementation.

I am most interested in companies and non-profits producing better ways of living in the world; technologies and approaches to world problems that shift how people work, live and collaborate; people who challenge themselves to create a more just, profitable and sustainable society.

Joseph Steig’s Specialties:

financial modeling, data visualization, presentation coaching, presentation development (PowerPoint and Keynote), strategic planning, small business software (including accounting software, CRM, Mac/Windows/mobile integration)


Joseph Steig’s Experience

  • Manager of Venture Development

    National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance

    (Philanthropy industry)

    October 2007Present (1 year 1 month)

  • CFO

    Long River Ventures

    (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    February 2007Present (1 year 9 months)

  • Founder

    Zygote Games LLC

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2004Present (4 years 10 months)

    Zygote produces card games that are fun to play and take science and nature as their inspiration, embedding scientific principals into the game play. First two games are BONE WARS: THE GAME OF RUTHLESS PALEONTOLOGY and PARASITES UNLEASHED!

  • Managing Director

    IP (Innovation Path Inc.)

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    May 2003Present (5 years 6 months)

    My personal vehicle for consulting work with select individuals, companies and non-profits advancing the path of innovation.

  • CFO

    Canopy Development Company LLC

    (Real Estate industry)

    January 2005September 2008 (3 years 9 months)

    Canopy Development is a real estate development company focussed on creating resort communities that combine green building technologies with innovative village scale masterplanning.

  • Founder, Managing Director

    River Valley Investors

    (Privately Held; Myself Only; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

    July 2003December 2005 (2 years 6 months)

    River Valley Investors (www.rivervalleyinvestors.com) is an angel investor group for Western Massachusetts that I founded at the request of a number of private investors in the region.

  • Co-founder

    Invention 2 Venture

    (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)

    September 2003May 2005 (1 year 9 months)

    As a consultant to www.nciia.org, I co-founded this network of workshops on entrepreneurship and invention on college campuses across the U.S. www.invention2venture.org

  • President

    Mass Ventures Corporation

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    April 2002June 2003 (1 year 3 months)

    Mass Ventures was a non-profit corporation focussed on early stage technology commercialization and venture development in Western Massachusetts. Its successor organization is the Regional Technology Corporation, which I co-founded. www.rtacentral.com

  • CFO

    HotRoof Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    November 2000March 2002 (1 year 5 months)

    HotRoof was a developer of user-customizable video-on-demand technology. It is one of probably many "could have been YouTube" companies . . . had we been a little less early, a little smarter and a little better connected.

  • Vice-President

    Mass Ventures Corporation

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

    August 1996February 2001 (4 years 7 months)

  • CFO

    Ecotrek Inc.

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Sporting Goods industry)

    March 1995September 1996 (1 year 7 months)

    Ecotrek was an outdoor products company making backpacks and apparel in the United States out of recycled polymers. Its designs won Backpacker Editor's Choice awards and later formed the basis for Marmot's first line of backpacks. Our approach was that being green was insufficient. The product had to be fully competitive and innovative in function and design.

  • Controller

    AquaFuture Inc.

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food Production industry)

    July 1990July 1996 (6 years 1 month)

    AquaFuture was an aquaculture company that developed land-based, sustainable aquaculture technology utilizing state-of-the-art recirculating water filtration technology and produced millions of pounds of farm-raised fish for the restaurant market. Its successor company is publicly traded Australis.us .

  • Senior Assistant Director, Admissions

    Hampshire College

    (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Education Management industry)

    July 1988June 1990 (2 years)

  • Business Director

    Catalyst Financial Group

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

    June 1987June 1988 (1 year 1 month)

    Catalyst Financial Group is an investment advisory and lease financing company focused on environmentally and socially responsible companies. I was one of four founding partners. http://www.catalyst-financial.com/


Joseph Steig’s Education

  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management

    Finance, accounting 19891991

    Graduate courses in finance and accounting

  • Hampshire College

    BA, Social theory, September 1982May 1987


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