Adam DeGraide

Infobox person
name = Adam DeGraide


birth_date = bda|1971|09|20
birth_place = Providence, Rhode Island
occupation = Entrepreneur Music Producer

Adam DeGraide (born September 20th 1971) is an American entrepreneur known primarily for his innovations in digital marketing. He has co-founded two successful digital marketing companies as well as founding a record label and film company on his own.

Business Career

BZ Results
In 1997, DeGraide began his first company, BZ Results, in Providence, Rhode Island. BZ is a digital marketing company which focuses on the car industry. DeGraide’s vision was to help car dealers find, sell, and keep more customers profitably using the Internet. Alongside his partners Sean Wolfington and David Simas, DeGraide grew the company until 2006, when BZ Results was acquired by Automatic Data Processing for $125 million.cite web
title = Prepared to be Astonished
url = http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2006/08/21/smallb1.html
work = Orlando Business Journal
accessdate = 2006-08-18] cite web
title = BZ Results is Acquired by ADP
url = http://www.homenetnews.net/archives/43
work = Home Net News
accessdate = 2006-03-17]

After the sale of BZ Results, DeGraide started two companies: a digital marketing company called Astonish Results in Warwick, Rhode Island and a record label/film company called Astonish Records in Orlando, Florida.

Astonish Results
In early 2006, DeGraide partnered with former BZ partner David Simas, and entrepreneurs Tim Sawyer and John Boudreau to create Astonish Results. DeGraide took the vision he formed at BZ Results and readjusted the focus to the mortgage and independent insurance industries. Astonish Results is currently working with independent insurance companies across the U.S. to help them grow their agencies using the Internet.cite web
title = Astonish Results announces entry into Insurance Market
url = http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1177794.htm
work = Media Wire
accessdate = 2008-08-12]

Astonish Entertainment
In May of 2005, Adam DeGraide started the music segment of his entertainment company, called Astonish Entertainment, aka Astonish Records. He subsequently signed four rock artists: No More Kings, Aranda, Soular, Dirt Poor Robins, and pop signer David Martin.cite web
title = He's Big in Walgreens
url = http://s.wsj.net/article/SB120293876783466291.html
work = Wall Street Journal
accessdate = 2008-02-14] DeGraide soon partnered with industry veterans Dan Beck, Andy Tavel, Jerry Lembo, and Susan Blonde to help him navigate his vision. Late in 2006 DeGraide formed the film portion of Astonish Entertainment by working with Academy Award-nominated actor/direct William Zabka on a short film/music video called “Sweep the Leg”.

Discography

*No More Kings - "No More Kings" - Executive Producer/Bass (2007)
*Soular - "Love Crash Heal" - Executive Producer (2007)
*David Martin - "Something in Your Eyes" - Executive Producer (2007)
*Aranda - "Aranda" - Executive Producer (2008)
*Dirt Poor Robins - "The Cage" - Executive Producer (2007)

Filmography

*Sweep the Leg (music video) - Producer (2006)
*Michael (Jump In) (music video) - Executive Producer (2008)
*So, This is the Way it Feels (music video) - Executive Producer (2007)
*King of 1985 (documentary) - Executive Producer (2007)cite web
title = King of 1985 Preview
url = http://jordanchesney.com/NoMoreKingsKingOf1985.html
work = JordanChesney.com]
*Most (film) (short film) - Executive Producer (2003)

References

External Links

*cite web | url=http://www.astonishresults.com | title=Astonish Results Homepage
*cite web | url=http://www.astonish.com | title=Astonish Entertainment Homepage
*cite web | url=http://www.bzresults.com | title=BZ Results Homepage