Stewart Ugelow is a management consultant, an entrepreneur, and, from time to time, a writer.

He works primarily with venture-backed startups on strategy, new product introductions, business development, financing, and communications. Stewart's practice areas include old media, new media, logistics, software, retail consumer products, and the food industry.

Stewart served as co-founder and chief executive officer of Student.Net Publishing LLC (which later split into two separate companies, Student.Com, Inc., and TVGrid.Com, Inc.) from 1995 to 1999 during which time he and five fellow college students raised $9 million in equity financing from U S WEST Media Group and other institutional investors. In 2001, he co-founded FoodShip LLC, a value-added reseller of FedEx services to the perishable and specialty food industry. Stewart's work as an entrepreneur has been featured in a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone, the latter of which described him as a “Master of Business.”

Stewart has also worked as a business journalist and in other capacities at The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC).

He lives in the San Francisco bay area, where he is an active member of the Full Circle Fund, an engaged philanthropy organization that brings business, nonprofit, and government leaders together to address issues around the environment, education, affordable housing, and technology.