Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 10, 2005
TIM DEMELLO is founder, Chairman and CEO of Ziggs, Inc., his fourth
start-up venture. Prior to founding Ziggs, Tim founded Streamline.com,
one of the pioneering companies in ecommerce in 1993, and took the
company public in June of 1999. Prior to Streamline, Tim founded his
first start-up company, Replica Corporation, an interactive educational
and entertainment company. Tim sold his interest in Replica in 1993. Tim
began his career as a stockbroker in 1981 and was employed by Kidder,
Peabody & Co., becoming a Vice President in 1984, and then he joined the
investment firm L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin as a Vice President
in 1985. He received his bachelor of science degree in Finance from
Babson College where he also lettered in baseball and hockey. In
addition, Tim started the Babson College rugby team. He has served on
Babson's Board of Trustees. Tim has made numerous speaking appearances
at the MIT Enterprise Forum, Fast Company Magazine and Inc. Magazine
conferences, as well as regular speeches on entrepreneurship at Harvard
Business School, Boston University, MIT Sloan School, FW Olin Graduate
School of Business, Bentley College and his alma marta, Babson College.
He has also been featured in stories in Business Week, Forbes, Fortune,
USA TODAY and The Wall Street Journal. Tim has been a finalist for the
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards and was recognized as one
of Boston Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40. Tim was selected by Inc.
Magazine as a top entrepreneur in their "Birthing of Giants" program and
his first company was honored with a cover story in the magazine and
listed as one of the Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Companies. Profile
overview of Ziggs?
Mr. DeMello: Ziggs was started about a year-and-a-half ago. We
recognized how important Internet search was
