Marcus C. Email & Phone Number

Seattle, WA, US

Greater Seattle Area

Boutique Family Office / Private Equity Partnerships

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle

Reestablished historic rock club with a group of music loving investors -- Producing over 200+ shows a year

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, WA

Co-Founded and bootstrapped vaporizing technology company from idea to initial market success. Sold to Canopy Growth in 2018.

Seattle, WA

Set strategic vision with other equity partner. Oversaw newly hired production and sponsorship teams.

Everything you can imagine to scale a music festival in the middle of the street from less than a 1K punk rock kids to well over 30K music consumers.

Greater Seattle Area

• Architect of brand strategy, product formulation, and fiscal model to address an untapped need in the local Seattle market – a new type of lounge/restaurant targeted at urban, artistic and entertainment-oriented.
• Consulted on systems, infrastructure optimization, and private event space maximization
• Hired and developed all senior management, overseeing the development of 30 employees
• Primarily built and maintained critical vendor relationships
• Made difficult decision to sell business interest due largely to change in strategy by majority owners Key Learning - The “life blood” of any business is also developing your best talent in-house so that you have a.

• Leveraged infrastructure & operations efficiencies of prior ventures to a niche space for a mid-sized entrainment venue to supplement in-place small and large market anchors.
• Fine tuned communication techniques to ensure high adoption of artist and customer needs need.
• Full operations responsibility for 750 seat, live music venue with adjoining bar, food operation and VIP room
• Developed overall business strategy and related systems including marketing, business operations, financial accounting and human resources for 50+ employees in multiple divisions
• Relationship management with several key stakeholders in the community including: City of Seattle, King County Health Board, and multiple vendors/partners
• Complete ownership and fiscal performance responsibility for $3M+ business

Greater Seattle Area

• Opened, owned and operated local Settle businesses concurrently with other interests - Marcus' Martini Heaven, bad juju lounge, Jack's Road House, The Continental
• Fully responsible for business & marketing strategy as well as the finance and human resources functionsKey Learning - Being an entrepreneur means making money to pay yourself while you grow your business. Breaking.

Mba, Business Administration

Ba, Speech Communication