Though thy beginning be small; thy latter end shall greatly increase. Job 8:7
The Beginning
In 1997, our founder, Rodney Sampson, while in medical school tattooed this scripture on his back as a constant reminder of his prophetic and relevant future and purpose.
In 2000, while working on his MBA and working as the Administrator at an Atlanta based mega-church, Sampson innovated the concept for Streamingfaith.com with co-founders Louis Schwartz, Ronald Rice and Rory Conaway. Although sold in 2010 to an European based company, Streamingfaith.com undeniably was one of this early century’s most innovative and transformational platform to shift the modern day church. A concept once laughed upon by small and large pastors alike is now a common platform used to distribute content throughout the planet.
In 2002, Intellect was born as a full service integrated marketing and business development firm – leveraging Sampson’s ability to create a multi-million dollar business concern from nothing in less than 2 years. On the heels of a Job experience within Haywire Ventures a/k/a Multicast Media Technologies, the former parent company of Streaming Faith, LLC, Sampson embarked upon a new journey to manifest his divine purpose at the intersection of innovation, business & faith. His first paying client partner was Viacom as he negotiated a 2 year, six million dollar media deal for Every Increasing Faith Ministries (Dr. Frederick K. C. Price) to broadcast their weekly 1 hour inspirational program on Spike TV.
One day, while working in his Pinnacle corner office, Sampson received a phone call from Mel Gibson’s office. Yea right! That’s what we said. Because of a unknown referral source to this day, Gibson and his marketing producer at ICON Pictures asked Sampson to work on a small budget motion picture entitled The Passion of The Christ. The initial theatrical launch of the movie was so phenomenal, Sampson chose to “set owt” 3,000+ tickets in a collaboration with Radio One Atlanta to feature the film in Southwest Atlanta and was featured on ABC Nightly News with Peter Jennings, BET and thousands of online news destinations. Moving forward, Intellect worked with client partners such as Walden Media’s C.S. Lewis epic, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Think Film’s, The Untold Story of Emmitt Louis Till; Dr. John Maxwell’s Injoy & Maximum Impact and two African heads of state.
Partial Client List
Since these humble beginnings, Intellect has provided specialized services to corporations, non profits and nations. Services include: advisory, innovation, business development, marketplace development, integrated marketing (traditional and emerging), business management, international business development, alternative revenue generation, public affairs, transactional advisory and negotiation, United States representation, Africa representation. A past and current partial client partner list include: The Republic of Uganda (His Excellency Yoweri Museveni), Diverse Financial (US), Audible, (US), The City of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Twitpay (US), His Excellency Omar Bongo Ondimba (deceased), Former President, The Gabonese Republic (Gabon), Bishop Mike Jocktane, Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Presidential Cabinet of The Gabonese Republic (Gabon and France), Injoy/Maximum Impact (US), Network Intelligence (Israel), Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship International (US), Viacom (US), ICON Productions (US), Walden Media (US), Audible (USA, UK, Germany), TD Jakes Ministries (US), Every Increasing Faith (US), Marketplace Leaders | Os Hillman (US) Twitpay (US), Les Brown Enterprises (US), Noel Jones Ministries (US), Meet The Giants (US) and Mobile Cause (US). ICE’s clients have generated more than one billion ($1B) in revenue from utilizing its integrated marketing, business development and advisory services.
Current Core Competency
- Vetted team with 80+ years of combined experience in all aspects of alternative revenue generation and monetization – including innovation, start-ups, strategy, financing, investment management, new media and wealth management
- We identify core challenges and areas of opportunity for our client partners. We leverage our collective network and relationships to deliver value and unmatched results.
- Strong US, EU, African and Asian relationships with proven access to high level deal flow, opportunities and on the ground experience
