Stack United Inc., sometimes stylized as StackUnited Inc., and formerly known as Paragon Technology and Development Inc., is an American web services and advertising company founded on July 23, 2013, by former Canadian street gangster and business trickster Jude Hudson. While the company has claimed to be a “full-service technology and design company,” StackUnited has only been observed servicing the technological needs of fetish content website iWantClips.com. The company was also referred to as Paragon and Paragon Tech Dev until multiple business controversies triggered a name change around July 2022.
Early Years 2013-2017
In July 2013, Paragon Technology & Development(a/k/a Paragon or Paragon Tech Dev) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation and employed the technical and administrative staff that created and maintained the iWantClips.com pornography website. After a series of lengthy lawsuits, Paragon Technology & Development name was changed to StackUnited Inc.
On May 15th, 2017 Rosalie Hudson officially became the chief executive officer (CEO) of Paragon Technology & Development.
2018
In August 2018, a former female employee filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against Paragon Tech Dev Inc. They had been employed from March 2016 through February 2018. After suffering a miscarriage around January 2018, the employee’s medical provider recommended that they receive “a disability accommodation to work from home that related to a serious pregnancy complication and resulting medical condition.” Shortly after granting her disability accommodation, Paragon demoted her. After a lengthy legal battle, the case was dismissed in September 2019 on the technicality that the former female employee had used a home pregnancy test in order to confirm her pregnancy. Rose Hudson and Jude Hudson entered into negotiations with the former employee prior to the case’s dismissal, but refused to accept her home pregnancy as evidence and demanded more proof.
2019
Around March 2019, iWantClips.com’s parent company, Paragon Tech Dev, at the request of a business partner, “…hired its first executive with any meaningful experience” in order to figure out why iWantClips.com was having financial troubles.
Paragon’ hired Robert Lunny to be iWantClips.com’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Mr. Lunny soon discovered that iWantClips.com’s cash flow issues were largely attributable to the fact that Jude and Rosalie Hudson were “…looting the Company and were using corporate funds for their own benefit.”
Mr Lunny found the Hudson’s had borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars from iWantClips.com in undocumented interest free loans. These loans were often taken out at times when iWantClips.com was operating at a loss. Mr Lunny also found Rosalie and Jude Hudson were forcing iWantClips.com to pay for their “extravagant personal residence and lifestyle in West Hollywood, California.”
Mr Lunny discovered that Rosalie Hudson’s mother, Dolores Abouna, was put on the payroll despite doing no work for the company. The Hudson’s also forced the company to directly pay Jude Hudson’s mother, Jean Hudson, more than $100,000.
According to iWantClips.com’s former business partner, To Be Limited Partnership, were it not for the Hudson’s unncessary financial burdens, iWantClips.com would have operated at a profit, as well as avoided the acquisition of more debt. If not for Rosalie and Jude Hudson’s greed, iWantClips.com would possibly still be paying out at 70% commission.
2020
On April 7th, 2020 To Be Limited Partnership, a longtime business partner of iWantClips.com, filed a sizeable lawsuit against Jude Hudson, Rosalie Hudson, and Paragon Technology & Development. The complaints referenced in the initial court filing included Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Embezzlement, Corporate Waste, and Unjust Enrichment. The court case would not be settled until October 2021 and finally dismissed in January 2022.
In May 2020, a $292,190 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan was awarded to iWantClips.com’s parent company, Paragon Technology & Development. The loan claimed $219,143 for payroll, $36,524 for utilities, and $36,524 for rent.
On August 4th, 2020 a former employee filed a sizeable complaint against Paragon Technology & Development(Stacked United, Inc.) relating to age discrimination, wrongful termination, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. This trial was not settled until June 2022.
2021
In March 2021, iWantClips filed a lawsuit against a former employee of Paragon Technology & Development for attemtping to destroy iWantClips.com and replace it with his own iWantClips alternative. The lawsuit was settled in January 2022.
In mid-October 2021, a settlement with iWantClips.com’s business partner was reached. iWantClips.com’s parent company, Paragon Technology & Development, agreed to buy back almost $2.6 million in stock that had been transferred to the partner in place of loan collateral. The business partner was awarded $250,000 to cover legal fees incurred throughout the trial that started back in April 2020.
2022
In June 2022, the wrongful termination lawsuit from August 2020 was finally settled. In this lawsuit, the employee aimed to win such a large settlement that it would punish iWantClips.com. The lawsuit appeared to be settled shortly after Jude Hudson refused to give a deposition. After the settlement, major structural changes took place at iWantClips.com.
The following month, the parent company known as Paragon Technology & Development Inc. changed its name to Stack United Inc.