Marcus is a self-taught software developer, 企业家, 也是在各个领域都有成功记录的风险投资家. Prior to co-founding Jumpstart Health Investors, 他是Emma Email Marketing的技术总监和合伙人, acquired by Campaign Monitor, and Co-Founder at Clariture Health, a HIPAA compliant digital ad management platform, acquired by Trilliant Health.
Marcus is the founder and General Partner of Jumpstart Nova, the first Black healthcare venture fund in America, 该公司于2020年成立,旨在对有前途的黑人主导的医疗保健公司进行种子期和A轮投资. 马库斯是健康:进一步会议的创始人和首席执行官, 让来自全国各地的数千名健康创新领域的领导者加入到Jumpstart健康投资者网络中. As Founding Partner of Jumpstart Health Investors, Marcus是该算法的最初架构师,该算法用于对1000多家早期医疗保健公司进行评分,供Jumpstart Foundry考虑, the firm’s pre-seed index fund.
Marcus has made his mark on the city of Nashville. 作为美国职业足球大联盟(Major League soccer)球队的联合创始人和少数股东,他将职业足球带入了这座城市, Nashville Soccer Club. 马库斯也是乡村音乐名人堂®和博物馆的董事会成员, the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corporation, and Launch Tennessee.
Marcus wrote the Amazon #1 best-selling book Create and Orchestrate, about claiming your Creative Power through 企业家ship. He has been featured by Entrepreneur, CNBC, Inc., NPR, Fast Company, and 大西洋.
Marcus is married and has two adult sons.