Steve Sammartino is an entrepreneur, futurist, and business technologist. He is one of the most well-respected authorities for businesses transitioning into the digital age.

Early Life

At the age of 10, Steve wrote his first line of computer code and at age 12 started his first business running an organic egg farm.

^[1] Steve studied economics and finance and graduated from Deakin University.

Career

Steve worked in marketing and several Fortune 500 companies, eventually working his way up into senior positions.

In 2005, he founded one of the first sharing economy startups even before Uber and Airbnb, rentoid.com, which he eventually sold to a public company. He now invests in emerging technologies and has multiple advisory board positions in startups involved in a variety of disruptive technologies across the Airline Industry, Automotive, Real Estate & Co-working, Internet of things, Quantified Self, Mobile applications, and 3D printing. ^[1] He is a shareholder and advisor to Tomcar Australia which is Australia's first car company in over 30 years.

Steve constantly blogs for his website stevesammartino.com reaches over 30,000 readers a month.

Blogging has become an essential part of his life and career and said, "Of all the things I have done in my career, blogging is THE number one thing that has had the biggest impact on my life, my career, my family, and my finance...I cannot understate the importance of it."

Steve has written on business and technology issues for the ABC, Marketing Magazine, and Fairfax.He

has appeared on the BBC, The Smithsonian Institute, The Discovery Channel, Mashable, Wired, The LA times, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and had several documentaries made about his ventures. ^[1]

Steve held marketing lectures at the University of Melbourne from 2008-2011. Steve is available to book for speeches to organizations worldwide. ^[1]

In 2008, he wrote about how Wikipedia was at risk of losing its competitive advantage due to their moderation by a section few.

Author ofThe Great Fragmentation

In 2014, Steve published a book called The Fragmentation and Why the Future of Business is Small.

In his work, he argues that in the new digital age, access will matter more than ownership to businesses.

The book has 20 chapters in a non-linear order to replicate the non-linear business environment that exists today.

LEGO Creations

Steve uses LEGO products to raise awareness about how far technology has advanced today.

In 2014 after crowdfunding his project, he built a full-sized lego car that ran on air.

In addition, Steve put a lego spaceship into orbit for under $2,000 to show how inexpensive technology has become.

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