Joe Perez

COO, CPO, CMO

at Proactive EDGE

Entrepreneur and operator with 30 years of deep experience in online games, digital health, food, fitness, sports and media. Co-Founder of Tastemade, LIVESTRONG.COM and Demand Media. Board member USC Center for Body Computing. Expertise in building multiplayer networks, community-based platforms, product, technology, marketing, brand, storytelling, partnerships and community development.

Colorado
AI & Data Science, DTC (Direct-to-Consumer), HealthTech & BioTech, Media & Entertainment, Social Media & Community Platforms
Content MarketingGo-to-Market ExecutionOperational ScalingProductProduct Innovationproduct-led growth

Content & Articles by Joe Perez

Most Startup Content Is Invisible: Here’s How to Fix It

In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Irina Maltseva, founder of Seen, to share how early-stage B2B SaaS companies get found on Google and inside LLMs. She has spent...

Setting Up A Founder-Led Organic LinkedIn Content Machine With Claude

In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Jonathan Martinez, founder and CEO of GrowthPair, to share how founder-led LinkedIn content took his startup from zero to $1M in annual...

Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos

In this Mucker Growth Series session, we invited friends from one of our portfolio companies Haley Chute, CPO & CMO, and Harpreet Marwaha, COO & CFO of Octagos, to share...

How To Craft Your Website Messaging & Positioning as a Startup

In this Mucker Growth Series session, Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, walks through how to craft website messaging and positioning as a startup. FletchPMM is a consultancy that has worked...

2026 New York Tech Week Recap of Mucker Sessions

Mucker Capital went to New York Tech Week to host sessions for founders, operators, and builders thinking through how AI is changing product, growth, and search. Among the sessions were:...

Closing Enterprise Deals in Founder-Led Sales as a Startup

In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited David Mackay, Managing Director at D9Y and one of our operating experts at Mucker, to talk about closing enterprise deals in...

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