Pete Distad
VP Product Marketing, Apple
Pete Distad is currently the VP of Product Marketing at Apple. Previously he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Distribution for Hulu, LLC. He was responsible for leading Hulu’s efforts in customer acquisition and retention, distribution and marketing partnerships, and content and brand marketing. Prior to joining Hulu, he was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company where he specialized in sales and channel management, go-to-market, online media strategy, marketing effectiveness and partnership/alliance development. Before McKinsey & Company, he was Vice President of consulting services for Calence (now Insight). Prior to Calence, he was a consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) where he focused on helping clients improve their business processes using technology solutions. Mr. Distad graduated magna cum laude from the University of Wisconsin where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, in Management Information Systems with a minor in Computer Science.
Content & Articles by Pete Distad
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...
Pricing Models & Monetization Systems for Startup Success
In our recent Mucker Growth Series webinar session, we invited Jeffrey Tjiok and Jack Benson from Simon-Kucher to break down how startups can build pricing into their DNA from day...