🚀 Mark Brooks
Education
Harvard Business School
PLD - Harvard's Executive MBA, 2013-01-01 - 2014-01-01
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MSc Degree, Behavioral Science 2015-01-01 - 2017-01-01
Harvard Business School
, Breakthrough Insights 2015-01-01 - 2015-01-01
Singularity University
, Executive Program - Futurism: Networks, AI, Robotics, Genetics, Nanotechnology 2014-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Harvard Business School
, Digital and Social Strategy 2013-01-01 - 2013-01-01
Harvard Business School
, Launching New Ventures 2012-01-01 - 2012-01-01
University of Hertfordshire
B.S. (with hons), Engineering Management 1990-01-01 - 1994-01-01
Whitgift
High School, GCSE 1982-01-01 - 1987-01-01Work Experience
Courtland Brooks
Current
Courtland Brooks
Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA)
Current
Internet Dating Excellence Association (IDEA)
ParshipMeet Group
2019-03-01 - 2024-12-01
ParshipMeet Group
Social Discovery Group
2013-01-01 - 2014-01-01
Social Discovery Group
Plenty of Fish
2006-09-01 - 2013-03-01
Plenty of Fish
ACE Club
1998-09-01 - 2007-10-01
ACE Club
Cupid.com
2004-07-01 - 2005-05-01
Cupid.com
Diet.com
2004-03-01 - 2005-04-01
Diet.com
FriendFinder Networks Inc.
2003-09-01 - 2004-03-01
FriendFinder Networks Inc.
Friendster
2003-03-01 - 2003-07-01
Friendster
Skills
Summary
I've worked with Friendster, Friend.ly (sold to Facebook), The Meet Group (sold to Parship), PlentyofFish (sold to Match), and helped many others refine their strategy, get their products more right and dial-in their marketing efforts. Since 2005 I've run Courtland Brooks. We help Internet dating companies grow. We also occasionally help best-in-class technology providers to approach the industry. The press have quoted me 250+ times, including Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Washington Post, Financial Times and live TV. See AllOurPress.com. I've keynoted at over 50 conferences around the world and interviewed over 300 executives and thought-leader authors. I run an online conference and offline summit called LTR (see www.LTR.us) which stands for Love, Technology, Relationships. This is where I bring together Internet dating leaders, and tech. companies, to learn, share and connect, so we can help people connect more. I also run the IDEA Summit (see IDEASummit.org) which is the industry in-person leadership Summit. In 2014 I completed Harvard Business School's PLD program, which is the HBS alternative to an Executive MBA. See my Harvard testimonial and story at https://hbs.me/2IfJoDI Then from 2015-2017 I completed an Executive MSc in Behavioral Science at London School of Economics. See conference sample presentation - https://goo.gl/Etg72E See my Nudgestock conference presentation - https://goo.gl/PMU2Ln See ZEST conference presentation - https://goo.gl/wq7KSK Find me in Dubai most of the time, Malta some of the time, and occasionally in New York and Silicon Valley. Email me at markbrooks@alumni.harvard.edu
