Catalyst House: A Bit of History!
July 16, 2011: With the release of the Summer 2011 newsletter The Catalyst! CAT turned 12 years old – July 16th, 1999, was the official launch of Catalyst House, when a small eclectic (and eccentric) group of visionaries and innovators decided to engage in a new business model that emphasized philanthropic entrepreneurship, social justice, and a bit of radical chic.
For the past 3-years, our CAT eNEWS has emphasized ‘small business intel’ – but our 12th birthday marks the return of our traditional editorial bent – mid market service and integration, strategic alliances, and more!
No, we certainly haven’t abandoned our small business guidance role – Small Business Intelligence and Updates are alive and well at our Catalyst House Blog, the ADMAX Marketing Blog and the www.CatalystHouse.BIZ Blog.
A bit of history –
The name Catalyst House was bestowed upon it by that marvelous name-smith and CAT Advisor Fred Lehrman
In nostalgia of the day, the very first newsletter issue of Catalyst eNews can be found here –
Volume-1 Issue-1 September 1999 may be found here.
We initially started Catalyst House, Inc., summer of 1999, while I lived in Cambridge, Mass. shortly after I returned from Brazil, working on a very special project with officials of that country and the founder of AOL Clive Smith.
I received a call from a White House liaison as a result of my wireless trade association background, and the PCS license win, to put together a Hi-Tech business delegation for a Presidential Trade Mission between the Asia/Pacific regions.
After pulling the high-tech delegation together, I was told that I needed to be a US based company in order to be on the Trade Mission. So, Catalyst House was born.
The vision broadened as the idea formed to assist small and medium sized companies towards entering into the global marketplace and assist them in the process of accessing capital.
12 Year Highlights of Catalyst House –
Presidential Pacific Rim Trade Mission, Australia
Catalyst House, Inc. and NIC Brazilian NGO Partner
Millennium Martin L. King Cross Cultural Festival of Arts
Global Business Summit, Washington DC
Catalyst House Structures Capital Placement for Stirling Energy
Catalyst structures the first of $3M capital for major barter exchange
President Bush Small Business Appointment
ADMAX Partners with World’s Largest B2B ‘Trade Exchange
Catalyst House Unveils OC SuperPortal
Catalyst House Secures a $10,000,000 Credit Facility
Super Portal Receives Congressman’s Outstanding Achievement Certificate
Bylund Receives Congressional Medal of Distinction
Catalyst Enterprise and QuickBooks Business Services is Formed
CAT Goes “Public” Renames eNews to SBIU
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Lynnea Bylund is a director of Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, founder of Catalyst House and has nearly three decades of experience in administration, marketing and business development. She was a nationally recognized spokeswoman for the emerging alternative video and information delivery industries. She has a degree in holistic health-nutrition from the legendary and controversial health educator and activist Dr. Kurt Donsbach, she is the founder of two not-for-profit small business-based wireless trade associations and has lobbied on Capitol Hill and at the FCC where she has spoken out strongly against the cable TV monopoly, illegal spectrum warehousing and ill-conceived congressional schemes to auction our nation’s precious airwaves to the highest bidder.
Ms. Bylund is a founder and former CEO of a Washington DC telecommunications consulting and management company with holdings in several operating and developmental wireless communications systems and companies. In 1995 Lynnea became the first female in the world to be awarded a Broadband PCS operating permit – she was one of only 18 winners, along with Sprint, AT&T, and Verizon in the biggest cash auction in world history, raising a whopping $7.7 billion. Lynnea also spear-headed the successful effort to launch the first cable TV network in the South Pacific islands.
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