Mark Homer

About

Mark Homer is Founder of Grandin Holdings, launched after he sold GNGF, the Cincinnati-based legal marketing agency he built and led for over a decade. He's spent nearly 30 years at the intersection of marketing and technology, starting as an IBM consultant in 1995 building some of the earliest full-scale web applications for major brands, right as the "World Wide Web" was taking off. His career has also included running R&D for a VC-backed San Francisco company, product marketing management for a software company, and helping launch a company that pioneered driving live-event attendees to online properties — a technique now an industry standard. He's a multiple-exit entrepreneur and investor who has also authored a couple of books along the way.

Who You Should Meet

Your top suggested 1:1s, matched on complementary needs, shared ground, and proximity.

Lucas Huang

B-Line Medical (acquired by Laerdal Medical)

• You can help Lucas with: new ventures in healthcare outcomes technology
• Lucas can help with what you're looking for: new acquisition or roll-up opportunities
• Shared craft: m & a exits

Orlando Saez

Aker Technologies Inc

• Orlando can help with what you're looking for: new acquisition or roll-up opportunities
• Shared craft: m & a exits
• Orlando is new to the chapter — be their welcome

Christina Harbridge

Allegory

• You can help Christina with: peer connections in behavior-design and marketing
• Both building in marketing advertising
• Christina is new to the chapter — be their welcome

Ajay Pattani

Perfect Search Media

• Both building in marketing advertising
• Shared craft: b2b marketing
• Ajay has 10+ years in EO — a great first 1:1 for your new-member year

David Jaffe

Jaffe Management · Inc.

• David can help with what you're looking for: new acquisition or roll-up opportunities
• Shared craft: m & a exits
• David has 10+ years in EO — a great first 1:1 for your new-member year

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Fun Facts

• Was consulting at IBM in 1995 building some of the earliest full-scale web applications for major brands, right as the web was taking off
• Helped launch a company that pioneered driving live-event attendees online — now an industry-standard technique
• Author of a couple of books
• Multiple-exit entrepreneur: sold his legal marketing agency GNGF before founding Grandin Holdings

Conversation Starters

• Ask what it was like consulting at IBM in 1995 as the web was just emerging
• Ask about building the technology that first drove live-event audiences online
• Ask what he learned selling GNGF that shapes how he runs Grandin Holdings today
• Ask about the books he's written along the way

EO Leadership

• Member Recruitment Expert - 2023/2024 - Global Leadership Position
• President - 2019/2020 - Local Leadership Position
• President-Elect - 2018/2019 - Local Leadership Position
• Communications - 2017/2018 - Local Leadership Position
• Communications - 2016/2017 - Local Leadership Position

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