Mark Sigal

I am an eight-time entrepreneur (4X co-founder), with successful exits to Apple, IBM and Intel (Wind River).

I am very strong in terms of general operating skills, but my core forte is the chief marketing function, which includes: Product Management; Product Marketing; Marcomm (plus Social Media); and Business Development.

When you are looking for a ‘product nut,’ someone who is hands-on, a highly-technical problem solver with domain experience across online video, community, social media, mobile (especially, iPhone Platform) and SaaS, that’s me.

Since 2001, I have been pursuing a “portfolio” strategy, whereby I invest myself in multiple projects versus doing one company 100% of the time. Currently, I am committed to:

- Regular guest columnist at both O’Reilly Radar and GigaOM; recent attendee and presenter at both Maker Faire and Foo Camp.

- Insider Engine, a service that algorithmically tracks insider buying activity to generate stock recommendations.

- vSocial, a social media platform targeted at the online promotion and publicity space; makers of Twiddeo, a ‘twitter for mobile video’ service.

- Board member of Square Connect, a breakthrough universal remote control platform that leverages the iPhone as the controller application.

- Board member of Phoenix Energy, a carbon-neutral, biomass gasification energy producer.

To get a sense of how I tie vision, strategy and tactics together, check out my post, ‘Rebooting the Book (One Apple iPad Tablet at a Time).’

(For a summary distillation of the nine essential truths learned from doing so many startups, click HERE.)

On the human front, I have a great wife and two really awesome sons. I have maintained a Bikram Yoga practice for 11 years, am a devotee of Tibetan Buddhism, and read/write a ton.

If you think that you are a potential contributor of ideas, skills, deal flow, connections or money to the projects that I am working on, shoot me an email and let’s talk. I can be reached at msigal at gmail dot com.