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.

California

AI & Data Science, DTC (Direct-to-Consumer), Media & Entertainment, Social Media & Community Platforms

audience engagement strategiesBusiness Strategy and OperationsContent StrategyGrowth StrategyGTM strategyPlatform Ecosystem Strategy

Articles by Mark Young

Finance 101 for Early Stage Startup Founders with Debbie Rosler

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. Finance 101: Why Should...

Engineering Customer & Product Feedback Loops with Holden Munson & Sofia Maravich

In this Mucker Growth session, Holden Munson and Sofia Maravich from Rethink Labs, explore how to develop a useful system of collecting customer data and integrating it into your team....

How Startups Can Win More Enterprise Deals Through Value Selling with Mike Genstil

In this Mucker Growth session, Mike Genstil with ValueCore delves into the concept of value selling and its application in enterprise sales. Delivering value at every touchpoint of...

How to Keep Your Emails Landing in the Inbox with Google’s Updated Spam Policies with Daniel-wise Ojaide

In this Mucker Growth session, Daniel-wise Ojaide from Warmbox.ai delves into the changes to Google and Yahoo’s updated spam policies and how to ensure your emails and outbound campaigns are...

Best Customers, Best Results: Unlocking Retention-Driven B2C Growth with Julius Lai

In this Mucker Growth session, Julius Lai from ArtShare discusses customer retention, which is often overlooked but essential for startups facing growth challenges. The following content will provide practical recaps...

Leveraging a Financial Model for Fundraising Success with Steven Plappert

In this Mucker Growth Session, Steven Plappert, CEO and co-founder of Forecastr, tackles how to use your financial model to the best capacity when fundraising. Your financial model can be...