Mark Young
Managing Partner/Founder
at MY Advisor, LLC
Mark Young is recognized for his expertise in strategy, business development, and operating experience in creating, building, and managing profitable, high-growth direct-to-consumer digital businesses in entertainment, commerce, and technology. He has a successful track record of building and leading teams at Fortune 100 companies, NBCUniversal/Comcast, Disney, and high-growth start-ups, Fandango and Rotten Tomatoes. Mark is recognized as a creative strategist and results-driven operator who delivers top-line and bottom-line results.
Mark led Global Strategy, Business, and Corporate Development for NBCUniversal/Comcast subsidiaries Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Vudu – the nation’s leading discovery and commerce entertainment platform. Mark also served as GM for Rotten Tomatoes. Before NBCUniversal/Comcast, Mark was at The Walt Disney Company, leading strategy and business development for the creation, launch, and operations of The Walt Disney Parks and Attractions Online and Disney Mobile.
Currently, Mark is the owner and Managing Partner of MY Advisors, LLC, providing business consulting services to Fortune 500 companies and start-ups across the media, entertainment, gaming, travel, and payments industries. Recent clients include Universal Studios Theme Parks, PBS, Ayden, and Navio Networks.
Mark holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science from USC’s Marshall School of Business. He’s a mentor for MBA Marshall School students, a Mucker Capital mentor, a TECHStars mentor, a former Board Member of the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG), and the Center of Technology Management (CTM) at USC.
Content & Articles by Mark Young
Lessons From Building An AI-Native Startup with Octagos Health
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 Health, to...
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...
The 10 Security Gaps That Plague Startups Before Their A Round
A NOTE ON SEVERITY Not every item on this list carries the same level of risk. Some are the kind of finding that stops a deal. Others are serious but...
Community-Led Growth for Startups: Why Most Communities Fail and How to Build One That Actually Works
In our recent Mucker Growth Series session, I invited Sam Jacobs — founder and CEO of Pavilion — to talk about community-led growth: what it actually means, why most communities...