Steven M. Stroum grew up in a working-class family in Auburndale, a village of Newton, MA. After briefly attending Northeastern University in 1966, he enlisted in the US Air Force and served in Thailand during the Vietnam War. In March 1968 he received a medical discharge, became a Disabled Veteran, and in September returned to Northeastern University. The youngest of three boys, he was married to Peggy Lawrence in 1970 and received a BS in Business Administration in 1973.

Steve started his business from a spare room at his parents’ home in Newton, MA with only $300 and within a few short months moved to nearby Wellesley. By the end of his first year in business his firm had ten full-time employees and hundreds of clients. In recognition of his company’s contribution to the success and growth of numerous small companies, Steve was selected to serve on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Small Business Task Force and was later appointed one of 18 Small Business Advisors to the Governor of Massachusetts. Steve was also selected by the International Rotary Foundation to tour South Korea for six weeks as an ambassador. He was later appointed to The. Norbert Weiner Forum at Tufts University to study the impact of technology on society and served as publicity advisor on the Smaller Business Association of New England Board of Directors.

Steve Stroum, a seasoned product publicist, marketer, and entrepreneur has been featured in INC Magazine, Sales and Marketing Management Magazine, Marketing Magazine, OMNI Magazine, USA Today, Business Week Exchange, The Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Middlesex News, San Francisco Chronicle WHDH-TV, WJAR-TV, WKOX radio and others. He has also been a guest lecturer at The American Marketing Association, Babson College, Boston College, Northeastern University, and numerous business and civic groups.