Mark Ellis

Bio

Highly skilled entrepreneur and turnaround specialist who has produced profits from every management vantage point - sales, marketing and financial. Served in key marketing and top management positions at General Mills, Mattel, Ideal Toys, and the Franklin Mint. At 1to1® Venture Partners LLC, is the Managing Partner of the fund, which provides financing for early stage companies. Served as head of marketing for boy's toys at Mattel, responsible for more than half of the company's sales. Moved into general management as the International President of Ideal Toys (a division of CBS Inc). After a corporate sell-off, became chief executive of the 16 European subsidiaries of the Franklin Mint. At the Franklin Mint, combined his new product skills with sophisticated use of database-driven direct marketing to engineer a remarkable turnaround. Managing Director of the Relationship Factory at Peppers and Rogers Group, the venture capital arm of the company. The Peppers and Rogers Group is the world's pre-eminent customer management relationship consulting firm. The Relationship Factory was the pre-cursor to 1to1 Venture Partners LP. MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a BS in Business from the University of Minnesota.

Career

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1to1 Venture Partners LLC Venture capital firm investing in early stage companies delivering CRM tools, technologies, and implementation Managing Partner Email: [email protected]