Alex Stephany
Alex Stephany is CEO of JustPark, a sharing economy platform that matches drivers with parking spaces through its website and mobile application. 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.
Background
Alex 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 shortly thereafter.
Work as CEO of JustPark
JustPark was founded by Anthony Eskinazi in September 2006 after he experienced parking difficulties at a baseball game in San Francisco. In July 2011, ParkatmyHouse raised venture capital from BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of BMW. Alex 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.
ParkatmyHouse rebranded as JustPark in June 2014. The following month, JustPark announced that it had received investment from Index Ventures.
In February 2015, JustPark launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise £1 million on major UK platform, CrowdCube. The campaign hit its target in just four days, attracting a record-breaking 2,919 investors, before overfunding and raising a total of £3.7 million.
Sharing economy expertise
Ales frequently writes on the sharing economy in the UK and US media, from The Guardian to The LA Times. He has appeared as an expert guest on Bloomberg and Sky News, and regularly speaks about the sharing economy, entrepreneurship, technology and public policy at events.
The Business of Sharing
In 2014, Alex 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. Alex is represented by literary agency Curtis Brown.
In his spare time, Alex mentors at Techstars, the foremost tech accelerator programme in the UK.
Background
Alex 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 shortly thereafter.
Work as CEO of JustPark
JustPark was founded by Anthony Eskinazi in September 2006 after he experienced parking difficulties at a baseball game in San Francisco. In July 2011, ParkatmyHouse raised venture capital from BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of BMW. Alex 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.
ParkatmyHouse rebranded as JustPark in June 2014. The following month, JustPark announced that it had received investment from Index Ventures.
In February 2015, JustPark launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to raise £1 million on major UK platform, CrowdCube. The campaign hit its target in just four days, attracting a record-breaking 2,919 investors, before overfunding and raising a total of £3.7 million.
Sharing economy expertise
Ales frequently writes on the sharing economy in the UK and US media, from The Guardian to The LA Times. He has appeared as an expert guest on Bloomberg and Sky News, and regularly speaks about the sharing economy, entrepreneurship, technology and public policy at events.
The Business of Sharing
In 2014, Alex 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. Alex is represented by literary agency Curtis Brown.
In his spare time, Alex mentors at Techstars, the foremost tech accelerator programme in the UK.
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