Steven Cox

My name is Steven Cox from San Diego, CA and born in Dayton, OH. (Some people call me Steve Cox).

Steven Cox Blog � Steven is Founder and CEO of TakeLessons, America's largest music lessons company, and Service Scout, the leading online marketplace for personal services. Prior to founding TakeLessons, Steven was Managing Partner of Reddito LLC, an ecommerce and Internet marketplaces consulting firm with clients including Cisco, Club Med, Wells Fargo, and Intel. � Prior to this, Steven Cox served as Vice President of Business Development for CollegeClub.com, an early social network, and was a founding employee of an internet B2B marketplace firm that grew to an IPO in 1999. Steven Cox started in music when he was six years old, singing and playing bass guitar in the family gospel band with his parents and three brothers. For years, the family would play original songs and country gospel favorites in churches throughout the Midwest. � He continued his musical journey in college by playing in rock bands and DJ?ing on the college circuit, spinning, mixing, and scratching in college dance clubs. � After school, he and his band mate Enrique Platas released two alternative rock albums on Convertible Fly Records with one song making it to radio and another featured in an indie film. � Growing up in a financially struggling family, Steven Cox was the first person in his family to ever attend college and graduated with honors and degrees in Investment Finance and Human Communications from Eastern Kentucky University. � Steven Cox is a sought-after speaker who regularly gives talks on personal growth, company culture, the San Diego tech startup scene, leadership, and developing strategy. He has also been featured in Inc. magazine and the Wall Street Journal as well as a 2012 "Men of Style" by Riveria magazine. � For fun, Steven Cox enjoys: Traveling to soak up different cultures Building businesses Trading stocks Tasting fine scotch Reading and personal development Steven Cox's life motto: "Incredible Experiences with Incredible People" Life Mission Statement I seek to 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 with the full expectation of succeeding and excelling in all I do. I understand that the value of life is not in what I own, but who I love, and what I experience. 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 I will create a legacy and an empire: an empire of both inner and outer wealth, and a legacy of love.

CEO and Founder at Service Scout, Inc.

January 2001 - Present | San Diego, CA

Internet services marketplace

CEO and Founder at TakeLessons.com

January 2001 - Present | San Diego, CA

America's largest marketplace for music lessons.

Eastern Kentucky University

BBA: Investment Finance

Eastern Kentucky University

BA: Human Communications

Traveling to soak up different cultures Building businesses Trading stocks Tasting fine scotch Reading and personal development