Mark Hardie

Mark (MIT Sloan ’93) is a serial entrepreneur and start-up veteran, with a knack for finding innovation roles in any size company. He is a career-long mentor who loves working with start-up teams, founders and would-be entrepreneurs. Mark is currently founder and President of Patt.io Inc., a start-up company building the next generation video chat platform for consumers and small businesses. He led a new product development team at Agero Inc., an automotive industry service provider. At Ipsos, Mark built innovative smartphone-based services in the Futures Group. For six years at Nokia Mr. Hardie championed a multi-million dollar acquisition, numerous development partnerships, and key technology licensing deals. Prior to Nokia, Mark was an investor for Fleet Development Ventures, a $100MM private equity fund. Before doing equity deals, Mark founded and ran a Boston-based start-up that developed "MusicTeller," an innovative digital delivery platform for retailers. He personally raised $3.25 million, led product development and secured a showcase for MusicTeller at the 2001 X-Games. Mark is a graduate of Tufts University and the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management.

· Coaching Expertise: Start-ups - launching or joining, VCs & pitching investors, sourcing capital, new company operations/finance/product management, innovation in the enterprise, translating entrepreneurial skills into career success.

· Work Experience: Redstar Ventures, Agero Inc. (automotive), Ipsos Inc. (market research), Nokia, Forrester Research, Bank of America.

· Specialties: Entrepreneurs, start-ups & teams, product innovation, business development, choosing start-ups vs. corporate careers, VC do's & don't's.