About Us

We are passionate about helping small businesses reach their profitability goals, and the owners reach their dreams. Ultimately, your success is our priority because successful businesses make successful communities.

Marketing Edge Ventures is a group of experienced sales and marketing professionals who have combined their years of experience and built a proprietary system that works. As you'll see, we have a unique combination of experience to take you to the edge and beyond your competition. Our credentials include sales and marketing, brand image and public relations, new venture development and strategy, and also a rare combination in the marketing world - operations, systems design and procedure development, engineering quality control, manufacturing, semi-conductor and other technical credentials.

Marketing Edge Ventures commonly works with companies with aggressive growth strategies or seeking investment capital as well as those small to mid-size businesses who want to become more profitable by automating their sales and marketing training process, creating additional streams of passive and residual income in their business and those who have the desire to create tangible value in their business in order to sell, franchise or license their enterprise.

About the partners:

Jerri Conrado

Jerri Conrado is frequently called a "Marketing Powerhouse" with a personal mission to help business owners understand the "unspoken rules" of sales, marketing and customer service and teach them how to stop wasting money, time and resources on things that do not work.

Jerri's unique flair for promoting businesses and her precision in marketing is a reflection of over twenty years of experience including; business brand image, advertising, public relations, professional speaking and sales, as well as business operations, product development and process management. Her work has been showcased with a wide range of clients, both small and mid-size companies with aggressive growth strategies.

Jerri is the creator of a proprietary system for more targeted marketing, creative concept branding, unique and unusual communication planning and automating sales strategies within organizations. These specialties allow Jerri to bring a proven system into the businesses she works with, and demonstrate immediate results for her clients.

Jerri was previously the VP of Development for the Center to Develop Women Entrepreneurs, at San Jose State University, and is involved with numerous organizations, including:

NAWBO Greater Austin Chapter and National organization, Business Women’s Network International, Austin Women’s Chamber, Northwest Business Women, Austin and Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Committees, G.I.R.L.S. – (Girls in Real Life Situations, YMCA Mentor), Volunteer with the Leander School District, Licensed Film Producer with the Austin Community Access Channel, Trainer/Mentor with the Lake Travis School District and the Round Rock School District.

She is also a professional speaker with a gift for inspiring others, teaching and entertaining. Jerri has just released a new book entitled, Marketing for a Man: It’s not what you think. She also co-authored, Mind to Marketplace: How to Succeed on Your Terms while Strategically Marketing a Business that Works for You, and is currently living in Austin Texas with her two sons, Cody and Kyle.

Amy Stevens

Amy Stevens is a founding partner in two companies, Marketing Edge Ventures, and Go Beyond Marketing, which are thriving firms located in Austin, Texas. As a successful business owner for over 7 years, Amy has been performing creative Marketing Consulting and Strategy services for both commercial and government entities.

Her firm provides complete services for marketing and sales, from lead development and database management to graphic design and collateral creation. A key differentiator for her firms is the focus on marketing implementation and sales strategy and training, and integrating the elements of each for a dynamic and effective plan for small to mid-size companies.

Amy was previously Director of Sales and Marketing for Precision Components Group, an $80m company out of San Jose, CA, serving the semiconductor equipment industry. With over 15 years' experience in corporate, strategic sales and marketing positions, she is uniquely equipped to work with a variety of businesses and industries, from the sole-proprietor to the multi- million dollar corporation. Amy has experience in mid-to-Executive Management positions of high-tech industry firms and extensive work in Customer Service, Account Management, and New Account Development for online companies, start ups, and companies seeking funding and growth.

Amy is a professional, Nationally-recognized speaker and trainer in the areas of leadership, sales, marketing, and customer service. She specializes in strategic alliances, low cost marketing, and development of recurring revenue systems within organizations.

Amy is a published author, and has been nominated for many awards, including the Girl Scouts Women of Distinction Award, and Working Mother’s “Raising a Ruckus Award” due to her support and active involvement with the Texas Army National Guard Family Programs during her husband’s deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. She lives in Cedar Park, Texas with her husband, MAJ Brian Stevens, and their two boys, JP and Hunter.

Amy's ultimate vision for MEV and LIFE!

Providing hope and encouragement to women around the world through her books, speaking, and business education process.