Overview
Keith Smith is Co-Founder & CEO at Me4U [5]. Smith previously served as Co-Founder and CEO of Payability from January 2015 to June 2023 [7], and as Co-Founder and CEO of BigDoor Inc. from July 2009 to January 2015 [10]. Smith has held board positions at Influence Mobile since 2013 [4], Code Fellows from 2015 to March 2025 [6], and GoChime from 2012 to 2016 [8], as well as at Durango Joes Coffee from 2003 to 2016 [9]. Smith is currently Co-founder & CEO at GoodStream as of September 2025 [3]. Smith attended Northwest University from 1989 to 1993 [11]. Smith's founding thesis for GoodStream emerged from nine years building a private credit company managing 20,000 portfolio companies and $6 billion in transaction volume, addressing challenges in extracting and reconciling portfolio data [2].
Profile introduction
Every quarter, private capital firms drown in PDFs, KPI updates, follow-on financing docs, and board decks. $13 trillion in assets under management, and yet your data and insights are buried in PDFs that are hidden in your inbox. I know because I lived it. I spent 9 years building a private credit company - 20,000 portfolio companies, $6 billion in transaction volume. The "PDF tax" of manually extracting and reconciling portfolio data was brutal. Smart people doing dumb work, every single quarter. That experience became the founding thesis for GoodStream. AI - when surrounded by the right h…
Career history
- Co-founder & CEOSep 2025 to presentGoodStream
- Board Member2013 to presentInfluence Mobile
- Co-Founder & CEOJun 2022 to presentMe4U
- Board Member2015 to Mar 2025Code Fellows
- Co-Founder & CEOJan 2015 to Jun 2023Payability
- Board Member and investor2012 to 2016GoChime
- Board Member and investor2003 to 2016Durango Joes Coffee
- Co-Founder, CEOJul 2009 to Jan 2015BigDoor Inc.
Education
- Northwest University1989 - 1993
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