Charles Stack
Chief Executive Officer at Flashstarts, Inc.
Profile
Charles Stack is a successful serial entrepreneur.
After graduation from Case Western Reserve University Law School, he formed Parallax, Inc., which developed and marketed a PC-based networking case management software system for asbestos litigation to national law firms and corporate law departments.
In 1992, Charles started Books.com, the first online bookstore.
Charles pioneered many of the features we now take for granted in today’s internet retailers.
Books.com offered millions of books, comprehensive searching, collaborative recommendations (patented), shopping carts, price comparisons (patented), real-time credit card processing, affiliate programs, and introduced many other now standard Internet retailing concepts.
Books.com was acquired by CUC, Inc. in early 1996 and subsequently by Barnes and Noble.
In 1998, he founded Flashline to address the new opportunity in software components and web services.
BEA Systems, Inc. acquired Flashline in 2006.
BEA was acquired by Oracle in 2008 and the Flashline product remains the core offering in Oracle’s web services suite.
Currently, Stack is focused on all things blockchain and expanding the Flashstarts portfolio.
Charles Stack active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
Flashstarts, Inc.
 Flashstarts, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Flashstarts, Inc (Flashstarts) is a venture capital firm founded by Charles Stack in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | Chief Executive Officer | 2012-12-31 |
Former positions of Charles Stack
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Ohio Venture Association, Inc.
 Ohio Venture Association, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ohio Venture Association, Inc. supports entrepreneurs, new ventures and venture capital. The company was founded by Robert H. Donaldson on December 22, 1983 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH. | Director/Board Member | 2018-12-31 |
Flashline, Inc.
 Flashline, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Flashline, Inc. delivered software asset portfolio management solutions to improve the governance of enterprise wide information technology programs. The company was headquartered in Cleveland, OH. | Founder | 2007-07-19 |
Training of Charles Stack
| Case Western Reserve University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Kalamazoo College | Graduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 3 |
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Flashline, Inc.
Flashline, Inc. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Flashline, Inc. delivered software asset portfolio management solutions to improve the governance of enterprise wide information technology programs. The company was headquartered in Cleveland, OH. | Technology Services |
Ohio Venture Association, Inc.
Ohio Venture Association, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Ohio Venture Association, Inc. supports entrepreneurs, new ventures and venture capital. The company was founded by Robert H. Donaldson on December 22, 1983 and is headquartered in Cleveland, OH. | Commercial Services |
Flashstarts, Inc.
Flashstarts, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Flashstarts, Inc (Flashstarts) is a venture capital firm founded by Charles Stack in 2013. The firm is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | Finance |
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