Jason McClain

Entrepreneur

Ventures

Jason has either been an Investor, Founder, Partner, Member or the CEO in each of these companies.

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Platformia.ai

2024 - Present

Platformia.ai — The End of SaaS Rental

In today's business landscape, companies are trapped in a costly cycle of "renting" fragmented software from 10 different SaaS vendors. They are forced to adapt their workflows to rigid, disconnected templates, resulting in compounding monthly overhead and insecure data silos. As a high-end software development and systems architecture firm, Platformia.ai engineers custom, enterprise-grade platforms tailored 100% to your unique specs. When you build with Platformia, you aren't paying infinite monthly subscriptions—you are acquiring a foundational asset. We streamline operational costs and consolidate workflows from across the marketplace into one unified system that your company owns outright.

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McClain Cellars

2016 - Present

McClain Cellars is Jason's BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal). The winery crafts wines from the Santa Ynez Valley and distributes them in Orange County. At McClain Cellars, we believe that every day is a gift to be enjoyed with those you love the most. We have created amazing red and white wines that are designed to be enjoyed with those you love the most. Make each sip a memory. Make each moment last.

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Winery Academy

2022 - Present

Winery Academy, Inc. (WA) is training and mentoring program complete with access to wine, grapes, and winemakers to help those who dream of owning their own wine business to start, launch, grow, and establish their own winery or private label wine business.

The Winery Academy was founded to offer those who love great wine to start and manage a wine brand for the wholesale market, retail market, or online space, or to establish as a fundraiser or educational product. Create your dreams today in the wine world. The perfect bottle with your name in it is waiting to hit the stores and restaurants. Offering online video training, weekly live webinars, access to custom crush services, trade secrets, marketing services, and a step-by-step plan to launch and expand a new wine brand, winery, or wine business.

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McClain Popcorn Company logo

Keeping in the tradition of creating unique ideas that really make a mark, The McClain Popcorn Company was created to build an amazing product that is sold in stores all across the country.  The company is committed to bringing the BEST popcorn you have ever enjoyed! We make each flavor in small batches using only the freshest, finest ingredients we can find with lots of passion and care. We believe that everyone should enjoy our Artisan Popcorn…that’s why we offer products that are Dairy, Nut, and Gluten-Free and use NO Artificial Flavors or Colors. We utilize Non-GMO ingredients in all of our Artisan Popcorn flavors because who wants to eat something designed in a lab when Mother Nature is doing just fine on her own!

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MyDivorcePapers.com

2002 - Present

The no. 1 online divorce document preparation service on the market since 2002.  The service is in all 50 US states offering a step-by-step guided approach through the interview process on a user-friendly platform.  The business has served over 1 million users and processes thousands of divorces per month.

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Built, grown and exited

A high-end Internet marketing education and publishing company blending industry expertise with ongoing research to teach students how to market online.  Specializing in generating internet traffic and teaching people how to generate conversions on the web, HTA is a full-service training academy that offers its students, tools, resources, events, web-based video training and a community designed to influence growth in the online space. McClain left the company to pursue other interests in 2016.

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Insider Success

2015 - 2017

An Online business incubator that strives to work alongside aspiring and struggling entrepreneurs around the world as they build the business they've always wanted.  Insider Success's educational platform, done-for-you business models and motivational training are designed to help anyone go from Employee to Entrepreneur.  Jason McClain's Insider Success is one of the ways he helps people to build the business that they always wanted. McClain closed the company to pursue other interests in early 2017.

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Estelle’s Secret is a brand that offers 100% Remy Human Hair Extensions, shampoos, conditioners and more. It is an online retailer with thousands of faithful followers and an array of products appreciated by women all across the globe. Our factories have been handpicked, visited, and inspected, to not only ensure the quality of the products, but also social compliance. Founded in Denmark, Estelle's Secret has built a reputation as a business focused on the needs of women. The company was sold in 2018.

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A digital marketing and business strategy consulting agency with in-house design, development, social media, PPC marketing, writing, business strategy, video production and more.  Responsible for managing over $5 million in Adwords spend annually. This creative agency helps its clients take a firm position in the online and offline market to take more of a market share in the industry that they serve.  McClain Concepts offers its clients a creative approach to expand their business while inviting them to "reimagine the agency".  McClain Concepts is a dynamic consulting agency helping business to achieve great results. With a staff of 50 support members and consultants, we operate as the "Chief Marketing Officer" and interim "Business Strategy Consultant" for companies looking to expand, start-up or consolidate their efforts. The company was sold in 2017.

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Click Promise is a performance marketing company providing email marketing, list management, and affiliate network services that deliver results to individual advertisers and publishers as well as businesses. Their performance managers work with each email and affiliate campaign to optimize for the best results. With their reliable tracking system, all members have full visibility to the traffic, creative and campaigns delivered through ClickPromise.com. The company was sold in 2016.

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Kiddie Castle

2008 - 2010

A unique vending machine concept offering parents and families a quick stop for kids' toys, snacks, and necessities like diapers and pacifiers when they are on-the-go.  It created its own diaper line, toy products and sold family friendly services to the mom and dad on the go.  With machines deployed from California to Maryland this rapidly growing custom vending business is a hit with malls, airports and anywhere a family may go. It was featured on CBS Sunday morning as a creative way to meet a need.  The business was sold in 2010.

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Acero House

2007 - 2010

A corporate building in executive suite available to give entrepreneurs a physical office space for which to carry out their business activities and operations.

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An online advertising company offering lead generation, an affiliate network, a banner network and an email deployment firm with targeted marketing channels. For over a decade, PrimeQ Interactive Advertising (PrimeQ) had been dedicated to offering its advertisers and publishers the most creative campaigns at best payouts to generate targeted leads. PrimeQ owned, hosted and operated hundreds of dot-com properties, generating prospects and campaigns in multiple verticals with a global reach into Europe, Asia and the United States.

PrimeQ had developed three interlocking technologies that enabled the Company to meet and exceed the growing demands of the online advertising industry. CoRegNet combined all 3 technologies and facilitates real-time delivery in multiple countries and currencies.  The company was sold in 2008.

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FindMyLeads

1998 - 2012

One of the first lead generation shopping cart engines on the web that delivered billions of leads online.  FindMyLeads was an online exchange for leads. They offered both phone verified and internet leads for a buyer to preview and purchase. Leads could be purchased on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. All of their leads were generated from strategically placed pages as well as through trusted partners and are reasonably priced.

Moreover, they employed their advanced data gathering, sorting, and routing system to deliver qualified sales leads in batch formats via email, daily! The business worked with lead categories including Life Insurance, Tax, Debt, Credit Repair, Health Insurance, Estate Agent, Mortgage, Loans, Biz Op, Pre-PaidLegal, Debt Management, Work from Home and Solicitor Legal Services leads at a fraction of your current marketing costs.  Company sold in 2012.

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A Graphic design and Printing Company for churches and non profit organizations.  The firm produced marketing materials, videos, commercials, radio spots and branding packages for over 2300 churches and non profit organizations as well as developed how to programs to teach churches how to grow and develop marketing programs.  The business was sold in 1998.

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