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Mark Hartenau’s Background

MUSIC & TELEVISION:

My name is Mark Hartenau and I played drums in rock bands since my high school days in the 90’s. I also made punk rock music videos and released my own music video compilations (on VHS tape in the beginning) starting in 1998. Stemming from that, I’ve been running websites since 1999 and produced my own nationally syndicated rock music TV show from 2001-2008. Learn more about my music life.

MARKETING & ADVERTISING:

Also around the millennium, I began my work career by working at an advertising agency in San Diego where I made TV commercials and infomercials for their clients. They eventually closed their doors so I pivoted to doing freelance video production, website design, SEO, and pay-per-click ad campaigns for my own clients. I then ran my own digital marketing agency from 2008-2018. In 2018, I developed another TV show for a client (on boat racing). I somehow even got an IMBD page for that one.

BUSINESS:

After years of working for so many others, I finally realized that the best way to scale is to simply own my own businesses (such as income producing web properties) and own shares of other businesses. Therefore, I’ve essentially become what they call a “solopreneur”.