Catalyst House Historical Overview

Posted by Lynnea Bylund on July 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment

With the release of the Catalyst House SBIU eNewsletter, CAT turned 11 years old. July 16,1999 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.

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.

Lynnea Bylund initially started Catalyst House, Inc., summer of 1999, while she lived in Cambridge, Mass. shortly after she returned from Brazil, working on a very special project with the First Lady of Brazil and her senior staff.

Lynnea received a call from a White House laiaison as a result of my wireless trade association background, and the PCS license win, and relationship I created with her, to put together a Hi-Tech business delegation for a Presidential Trade Mission between the Asia/Pacific region.

When she got the Trade Mission she was told that she 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 market place and assist them in the process of accessing capital.

11 Year Highlights of Catalyst

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.

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Posted by Lynnea Bylund on October 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment

INVITATION TO THE AUSTRALIA / US BUSINESS LEADERS’ FORUM. July 19, 1999 Read complete release in PDF. (192 KB) – Premier of New South Whales, Australia’s letter of invitation to Ms. Lynnea Bylund to participate in the inaugural Australia/US Business Leaders Forum in Sydney to strengthen and expand trade and investment ties.

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