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Stephen JaggerPresident, Ubertor
Age: 33 Stephen Jagger has been an entrepreneur since he and partner Michael Stephenson founded a web-hosting company near the height of the dot-com boom. They now operate four businesses with a combined total of 92 workers. Their web-hosting venture, by 2005, had morphed into becoming Ubertor, which helps real estate professionals build effective websites complete with videos and social media components. The duo realized that a good business which would feed Ubertor would be if they could teach search engine optimization and other Internet marketing tips to real estate agents. That was the genesis behind Reachd.com – a venture that the two started in 2007. Clients for Reachd.com’s monthly training seminars now span a variety of sectors. “In 2008, we started dabbling with the idea of offshoring or outsourcing workers,” Jagger said of what led he and Stephenson to found OutsourcingThingsDone.com. “Now, we lease labour from a Philippine office back to the North American market. Ubertor is a client of the outsourcing business and uses the services of 10 workers.” Jagger’s latest venture is something he describes as a payroll and scheduling software company that provides products for employers whose employees are millennials – the Facebook generation. Those workers want to be able to see their schedule, pay and other work-related data via the Internet, and for that information to be continually updated in real time. Jagger often speaks about social media at real estate conferences, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) events and at other expositions. His status as a speaker was helped by his new book Sociable, which he wrote with Shane Gibson. He is a director of the Vancouver College Alumni Association and was on the communications committee of the Vancouver Board of Trade. • Birthplace: Hong Kong Where do you live now: Vancouver Highest level of education: Venture program at BCIT Car or chosen mode of transport: Volvo Currently reading: The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Last CD bought or music downloaded: Don’t really download music Favourite local restaurant: Q4 Al Centro Profession you would most like to try: Used-car salesman Mentor: Big fan of Jimmy Pattison Toughest business or professional decision: Becoming comfortable public speaking Advice you would give the younger you: Buy more Vancouver real estate What’s left to do: Lots to do, but next is the launch of PayrollHero.com “We lease labour from a Philippine office back to the North American market” This article from Business in Vancouver December 27, 2011-January 2, 2012, issue 1157 Business in Vancouver (www.biv.com) has been publishing in-depth local business news, analysis and commentary since 1989. The newspaper also produces a weekly ranked list of the biggest companies and players in a wide range of B.C. industries and commercial sectors, monthly features and industry-focused sections that arm its subscribers with a complete package of local business intelligence each week. |
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