Carrie Stone
Carrie Stone is the driving force behind cSTONE & ASSOCIATES. She has an exceptional track record of success as a business leader, advisor, board member and community leader.
Prior to founding cSTONE & ASSOCIATES, Carrie owned a successful consulting firm, cstone2. Her engagements included roles as board member, interim CEO, recruiter, advisor, coach and mentor for numerous clients. Clients included venture capital backed companies, a public company moving towards a $1 Billion+ market cap, a mature/established Private Equity portfolio company looking to re-energize itself, private equity firms, and companies in the technology, consumer and health care services sectors.
Carrie's experiences over the past twenty years have focused around building high growth consumer products businesses with a specialization in direct and interactive marketing. Carrie strategically repositioned Disney's Direct Marketing business resulting in revenue growth of almost 400% in less than two years and participated in Disney's joint venture with Buena Vista Internet Group to start Disney Online. Carrie’s consumer experience also includes senior management roles with J Crew, Talbots, Lord & Taylor and La Costa Products International.
Carrie's investing experience started when she joined Enterprise Partners as a CEO in Residence. Her extensive consumer, direct marketing experience and demonstrated leadership skills focused on investment opportunities in Internet and technology related businesses. In 1999, Carrie joined Enterprise Partners as a Venture Partner.
As a recognized community and business leader Carrie co-founded San Diego Social Venture Partners, a non-profit organization utilizing a venture capital approach to investing in not-for-profit organizations and with measured impact on social and community outcomes.