Thanks For Popping By.
I am a Boston-based early-stage software innovator with 12 years of executive experience, Full-stack design and development expertise, 5 awarded Patents, and a dedication to supporting others.
I'm also a novice artist. Visit the Studio or make something with me.
Career Highlights
6
Companies Founded
I've learned more from failures!
12
Years Executive Leadership
Led 4 companies as CEO. Built teams from 5-60.
5
US Patents Awarded
Authored IP in business messaging innovations.
$15MM
Venture Funding Secured
Institutional Seed, Series A and Series B Financings.
Sections
Projects and Investments
Charitable Pursuits
Reads, Thoughts, Listens
“Having known Mark Slater for about a decade now, i have tracked his progress as an entrepreneur and CEO. He has the vision, drive, the intelligence (emotional and intellectual), and the talent to create a world beating company. “
Scott Johnson, Partner, Blitzscaling Ventures.
Skills and Awards
Skills:
Languages:
Swift, C++
Python
Node.js
French
Software:
Figma
Adobe
Wondershare
Sketch
Notion
Tools:
Xcode
Mapbox
Pinpoint
Stripe API
Lottie
Firebase
Webflow
Velo
* The Skills list is a representative sample and in no way a statement of completeness.
“Mark has been an indispensable part of the team from day one. We owe all of our foundational, technical and business progress to him.
He designed the App, Wrote the code, managed the engineering team and defined the product vision with super-human speed and thought.”
MIke Landers & Darren Orr. Co-Founders of Capsule Technologies Group Inc
Projects and Investments
Looking for a technical Co-Founder for your idea?
My startup investments have involved both solo ventures and collaborations with my partner, Lindsay and others.
Over the last 3 years I have made 4 investments totaling $380,000.
Capital is sourced from my personal ledger. I don't lead, and never invest without a technology execution mandate. It's this technical perspective where I feel most comfortable evaluating an investment's potential, and more importantly positively affecting its outcome.
If you would like to learn more about criteria including stage & instrument preference, please reach out.
Charitable Pursuits
Charitable Pursuits
City Sports Programs Inc.
501 C3 Corporation, Massachussets
In 2020, Myself along with 3 other Covid-restricted families started a soccer program to provide our community with distance safe exercise options.
Fast-forward 4 years and we are the largest urban youth sports program in Boston serving 800 families with the beautiful game.
Learn more about the story here.
Reading
A rolling collection of readings and articles that were impactful to my thinking.
How to write push notifications that engage and convert.
Webinar of social apps coming of age
First round capital on the the PMV framework
The Allure of product market fit Zeitgeist by A16Z
TikTok and how they used the “sorting hat” to nail engagement Eugene Wei
7 app onboarding experiences that won
How to diagnose and reduce churn on your app
Getting to the atomic state of Push notifications
How using segmentation and personalization in push notifications is the key trigger.
Mastering mobile marketing in a connected world
The construct of invisible Asymptotes Eugene Wei
30 best practices to drive App Growth
Three steps to creating consumer habits Marketing week
Why people become internet trolls Dr Adam Bell
The threat of boredom is a call to action James Dankest, Behavioral scientist.
How to trigger product usage that sticks Janet Choi, customer.io
The Hook model - How to manufacture desire Nir Eyal
Why triggering emotions alone won’t lead to lasting product usage Christine Gravers, behavioral scientist
We have a rare opportunity to create a stronger more equitable society Shai Davidai, Martin Day, Daniela Goya-Tocchetto, Oliver Hauser, Jon Jachimowicz, M. Usman Mirza, Nailya Ordabayeva, L. Taylor Phillips, Barnabas Szaszi, and Stephanie Tepper
Status as a service Eugene Wei
33 user onboarding tools - Apple
The anatomy of an effective product release email - Appcues
Finding your products first WOW moment - Appcues
Listening
Creative Sounds:
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Recent Projects
Cobbles Inc
#Co-Founder #Investor #CTO #Product #design
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Capsule Technologies Group Inc.
#Co-Founder #Investor #CTO #Product #design
Blockchain media innovation.
Allergy Release Technique LLC
#Consultant #Advisor
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The Not Public Company Inc
#Co-Founder #Investor #CTO #Product #design #Patents
A patented persistent recognition technology that re-imagines how we communicate.
City Sports Programs Inc (501c3)
#Co-Founder #501c3 #design #Technology
Youth Sports community program established in Boston during Covid.
Ways To Connect
I'm always up for chatting. My interests are currently focused on the next opportunity.
Professional History
Elephant Inc
2021-Current
My Studio for creative work, consulting relationships, angel investments and all manor of new tinkering around technology themes i am obsessed with. You can read more about what these are here.
Principal
I Write the Code, build all design and UX frameworks, Hand-Make all of the ART, Video stories and supporting brand. I manage the backend and payments infrastructure for 3 companies today, processing close to $10MM per year.
Self-Funded.
FazeClan
2019-2021
FazeClan is the leading E-sports organization in the world today. Comprised of businesses that manage teams, brands, e-commerce, Content & licensing. Wanderset was merged into FazeClan in 2019 to power commerce channels engaging with its network reach of over 500M active users.
Post Acquisition Integration lead
COO and Post-Merger Integration lead managing the onboarding of a startup team of 15 in to a slow moving media business with over 120 Employees at the time.
$180M Across 4 Rounds
Wanderset Inc
2017-2019
Youth Culture E-Com platform publishing, the latest in street fashion from hundreds of Brands (their APIs) delivering fashion to millions of young fashion forward teens. This was Karmaloop without the inventory risk.
Co-Founder and COO
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer. Supported seed financing process, Implemented command and control frameworks, managed merger process and post-merger integration.
Pingup Inc
2012-2016
Local Commerce API aggregating local availability from millions of SMBs through scheduling software providers and powering native booking buttons on major publishing properties like YP, Yahoo, Facebook and Google Search.
Co-Founder and CEO
Co- Founder & CEO. I oversaw all operations and execution from business and product concept through Angel, seed, and Series A and B institutional financings, growing the company to 34 people and executing partnerships with Google, Bing, Yahoo and Citysearch to aggregate and power all booking actions in SERP.
Karmaloop
2001-2006
Early Entrant to street fashion E-com, bringing breaking trends to the masses unbounded by physical location. At its peak, Karmaloop had an annual revenue run rate of $180M and over 300 employees before an epic collapse in 2011.
Founding Member, VP Business Development
Various Business Development efforts in support of Fulfillment and logistics, brand development and Corporate related activities. I exited as part of the growth round financing in late 2006.
$30M Series B Institutional Financing - July 2008
Partner: Jeff Lieberman
Personal Seed Investment: $100K (2003)
CMGi
1997-2000.
Pioneering Investor and operator of over 97 companies at the dawn of the commercial Internet. At its height, NASD: CMGi and its @Ventures affiliates and wholly owned and operated companies had a market capitalization of $30 Billion. Read About CMGi's history here.
Senior Analyst
As part of the Merger integration team, I supported the executive teams of acquired companies in strategically landscaping, executing & operating within the vast network of CMGi.
$30 Billion. (circa 2000)
Boston University
Boston, MA 02125
BA, History.
BS, Finance.
AXA Fraternity.
Marlborough College
Marlborough, Wilts, UK
3 A-Levels.
12 O-Levels.
Captain, Varsity Soccer.
National Tennis Champion
Hamilton, Bermuda, 1985.
Harry Hopman Tennis Academy, Tampa, FLA.