Alex Stephany
Alex Stephany is CEO of JustPark, a sharing economy platform that matches drivers with parking spaces through its website and mobile application.[1] He is the author of The Business of Sharing: Making It In The New Sharing Economy, the insider's guide to the sharing economy which was published by Palgrave Macmillan in April 2015.[2]
Background[edit]
Stephany grew up in North London and attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys. He graduated from Lincoln College, Oxford with a First Class degree in English Language and Literature in 2004. After training as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP, he moved into management consultancy. In 2011, he joined JustPark (then known as ParkatmyHouse.com) and became CEO in 2012.[3]
JustPark[edit]
JustPark was founded by Anthony Eskinazi in September 2006[4] after he experienced parking difficulties at a baseball game in San Francisco.[5] In July 2011, ParkatmyHouse raised venture capital from BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of BMW.[6] Stephany joined JustPark after meeting a developer from the company at Launch48, a tech event held at UCL. He has been the company's CEO since December 2012.[7]
ParkatmyHouse rebranded as JustPark in June 2014.[8] The following month, JustPark announced that it had received investment from Index Ventures.[9]
In February 2015, JustPark launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise £1 million on major UK platform, CrowdCube.[10] The campaign hit its target in just four days, attracting 2,919 investors, the highest number of investors in a crowdfunding campaign to date, before overfunding and raising a total of £3.7 million.[11]
Sharing economy[edit]
Stephany frequently writes on the sharing economy in the UK and US media, from The Guardian[12] to The LA Times.[13] He has appeared on Bloomberg Television[14] and and Sky News[15] and regularly speaks about the sharing economy, entrepreneurship, technology and public policy at events.
The Business of Sharing[edit]
In 2014, Stephany was invited by Palgrave Macmillan to write a book on the sharing economy. The Business of Sharing includes interviews with leading figures such as founders of Airbnb and Zipcar, as well as venture capitalists like Fred Wilson and Robin Klein.[16] Stephany is represented by literary agency Curtis Brown.[17]
References[edit]
- ↑ Rory Cellan Jones, "JustPark and the sharing economy" BBC News, 7 August 2014
- ↑ Suzanne Bearne, "The sharing economy: a money-making space made for startups" The Guardian, 8 April 2015
- ↑ Interview with Alex Stephany, "ParkatmyHouse.com is a poster child of the sharing economy. Alex Stephany shares some of their big plans.", "Real Business", 14 March 2013
- ↑ Rob Sharp, "Park for £10 and make me a millionaire" The Guardian, 8 October 2006
- ↑ Susanna Kim, "Homeowner Rent out Driveways for Money" ABC News, January 8, 2012
- ↑ Emma Rowley, "BMW invests in ParkatmyHouse website", The Daily Telegraph, 15 July 2011
- ↑ Interview with Alex Stephany, "ParkatmyHouse.com is a poster child of the sharing economy. Alex Stephany shares some of their big plans.", "Real Business", 14 March 2013
- ↑ Anthony Eskinazi, "JustPark finds new space" TechCityInsider, 7 August 2014
- ↑ Hunter, Ruthven, "JustPark signs BWM MINI deal and secures Index Ventures backing" GrowthBusiness, 7 August 2014
- ↑ Sophie Curtis, "JustPark invites users to become shareholders in £1m crowdfunding campaign" The Telegraph, 13 February 2015
- ↑ Sophie Hobson, "JustPark just crowdfunded £1m in FOUR DAYS. We ask its founder how he did it" London Loves Business, 17 February 2015
- ↑ Alex Stephany, "Regulators must lighten up as they clash with the sharing economy" The Guardian, 18 August 2014
- ↑ Alex Stephany, "Beyond Uber and Airbnb: The future of the 'sharing economy'" The LA Times, 19 May 2014
- ↑ Guy Johnson, "Crowdfunding Creates the Ultimate Sharing Economy" Bloomberg Television, 9 March 2015
- ↑ Alex Stephany, "Sky News interview with Alex Stephany, CEO ParkatmyHouse.com" Sky News, 10 August 2013
- ↑ Management Today, "The sharing economy is about much more than making money" Benita Matofska, 31 March 2015
- ↑ Curtis Brown, "Author Profile" Curtis Brown, 19 May 2014
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