MJ

Mark Johnson

Founder, Attic Ventures

United States

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Cloud Infrastructure

Consumer Internet

Locations:

Min Investment:
$100,000.00
Max Investment:
$2,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,000,000.00

Skills

E-commerce

Digital Strategy

Management

Entrepreneurship

Product Launch

Online Publishing

P&L Management

Product Development

Product Management

Start-ups

Business Development

Content Strategy

Publishing

Online Marketing

Online Advertising

Digital Marketing

Magazines

Blogging

Digital Media

Strategic Partnerships

Education

BA
Colby College

Investments

Pryon

Total Funding: $180M

Cuseum

Total Funding: $1M

Work Experience

2014

Founder
2014
Creating, investing in, and developing digital businesses.

2023 - 2024

Adjunct Instructor
2023 - 2024
Conceived, created, and taught a course on the History of Digital Culture for JanPlan 2024.

Good Growth Capital

2017 - 2020

Venture Partner
2017 - 2020

2015 - 2017

CEO, Interim
2015 - 2017
Brought in to create and execute a strategic plan to build out an operational SaaS business. Led day-to-day business ops for a distributed team & increased ARR by 300%+ YOY in 2016.

2008 - 2015

Consultant
2014 - 2015
Senior Director
2008 - 2014
General Manager of HotelChatter, Jaunted, and VegasChatter, since the 2008 acquisition. Also worked on various projects for Conde Nast.

2003 - 2015

Founder
2003 - 2015

SFO*Media

2003 - 2008

Owner, Founder
2003 - 2008
Publisher of digital travel properties (HotelChatter, Jaunted, VegasChatter). Creator, Founder, President. Privately owned and operated the business from 2003 until the 2008 acquisition by Condé Nast.

Macroplay, Inc.

1999 - 2002

Co-Founder
1999 - 2002
Built a company from scratch that developed a suite of web based personalization & e-commerce payment products for the amateur sports space.

1997 - 1998

Producer
1997 - 1998

Anderson & Lembke

1996 - 1997

Assistant Producer
1996 - 1997