Deals. Done right.
Relationship-cultivators, revenue-drivers, and proven deal-closers for your business.
Meet Team StessCo
Andrew Stess is a Digital Music & Media Entrepreneur, Sales & Business Development executive, consultant, and advisor, who has been helping innovative startups and the world’s leading tech companies grow for the last 25 years.
He and the StessCo team love working with emerging and established technologies – specializing in Music, Music-Technology, Music Services, Metadata, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Automotive Entertainment, and Smart Home products.
StessCo’s deep relationship network, trustworthy reputation, and success record generating and closing deals is what gets our client companies and partners to the next level.
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Consulting Services
We’re your super-connectors, cultivators, contributors, and confidants.We bridge the gap from where your business is today, to where you want to go.We come in where you need growth most and align incentives around your success. Your success is our success.
Sales Strategy
You get C-Suite level team members as individual contributors for building, managing, and executing lead-to-close sales processes.Business Development
We find you the right partners to utilize, integrate, license, and pay for your technologies, products, and services.Product Strategy
We guide product ideation, iteration, customer discovery, and product-market fit validation. Our network of top-tier product agencies can be brought in for end-to-end design and development.Corporate Development
We’ve advised the M&A process for life changing exits. Let us guide yours.Testimonials
Andrew has been a key player in the growth of LyricFind. His sales expertise and ability to grow an early stage company is unmatched. He continues to be an important resource on all our major deals and we especially rely on his expertise in the board room as we continue to grow
– Daryl Ballantyne, LyricFind, CEO
"Our partners at StessCo were hyper-responsive, thoughtful, hands-on, and really took the time to understand our needs and work with us to develop a contribution plan that met the needs of our business. Their work has helped test a specific element of our product strategy and validate our direction forward. We would definitely work with David and StessCo again.”
– Madeleine Evans, CEO, Levell
“Having worked with Andrew on two separate partnerships I would recommend him to any company who wants to learn the automotive space. His vast network and great reputation will open doors. Andrew will then close the right deals and move his clients forward in the right direction.”
– Scott Burnell, Ford Motor Company, Global Lead, Bus Dev & Partner Mgmt
“When I met Andrew we were a small metadata company in France looking to grow internationally. Since Andrew joined we have closed major deals with Amazon, DTS/Xperi, Hubbard Radio, SeatGeek, Napster, Qobuz, Fender and many more. Andrew has the talent and ability to go after a market and build a pipeline because of his large network and unrelenting resolve.”
– Jean-Luc Biaulet, Music Story, CEO
“I met Andrew through a mutual colleague and knew immediately I wanted him to lead our licensing, distribution and business development. He has done an amazing job closing deals and helping to grow Dash Radio from the ground up. His determination to get our platform integrated with GM, Ford, Jaguar/Land Rover, Bosch and many other deals has been a huge reason for our success.”
– Scott Keeney (DJ Skee), Dash Radio, CEO
